What's real in AI — and what's just smoke?

The monthly gathering to understand what’s actually happening in artificial intelligence, technology, business, regulation and society.

No hype. No smoke. With context.

Free · Open to everyone · New editions every month

AI moves fast. The smoke moves faster.

Every week brings new models, agents, products, regulations, predictions and headlines. SmokeTest is a monthly space to pause, add context, and separate what is already real from what is still mostly narrative.

REAL

Already happening.

Technology, regulation or changes that already have real impact.

WATCH

Worth following.

Promising, but still missing data, adoption or evidence.

SMOKE

More narrative than reality.

Claims, predictions or hype that don’t yet survive the SmokeTest.

What do we put to the test?

SmokeTest looks at AI from more than one angle.

Technology

Models, agents, tools, papers and technical advances.

Business

Products, companies, use cases and what is actually generating value.

Regulation

The AI Act, privacy, governance and the changes that affect companies and professionals.

Society

Work, education, creativity and the impact of AI on everyday life.

A simple format. Every month.

A short, intense, open session so you leave with an updated map.

Briefing → SmokeTest → Deep dive → Debate

  1. Briefing

    The month’s developments worth understanding.

  2. SmokeTest

    What is REAL, what stays on WATCH, and what is SMOKE.

  3. Deep dive

    One topic that deserves more context.

  4. Debate

    Questions, perspectives and an open conversation.

You don’t need to work in AI to come.

SmokeTest is for entrepreneurs, professionals, students, technical profiles, public officials and anyone curious to understand more clearly what’s happening.

  • Business
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Public sector
  • Students
  • The curious

This is not a sales conference. This is not a technical class. It is a space to understand more clearly what is happening.

Created by Minerva Data Solutions.

SmokeTest comes from the work we do every day with artificial intelligence, and from the need to explain it with context, judgement and without exaggeration.

Less hype. More context.

Come to the next SmokeTest and find out what’s actually happening in AI.

Free entry · Limited places