Inaugural residency · Summer 2026: Palm Springs
A month-long gathering for the people defining the future of Artificial Intelligence.
What happens when thirty-two AI practitioners spanning engineering, product, research, and art gather to collaborate, experiment, reflect, and forecast the rapidly changing field of AI?
32 contributorsOne monthTwice yearly
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The series
A new place. A new cohort. The same difficult questions.
Uncharted Frontier convenes twice a year for people already close to consequential questions in AI. Each chapter makes room for deep work, real disagreement, and a shared point of view.
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The people
Four vantage points. One room.
The future of AI is too consequential to be designed by one discipline.
Systems, infrastructure, deployment
Organizations, interfaces, adoption
Capability, evaluation, understanding
Culture, authorship, new forms of meaning
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The program
Participant-led by design
Everyone teaches. Everyone is taught.
Every contributor submits six session pitches; two are selected for them to lead. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday begin with a working AI researcher in the room.
6pitches2sessions64ways to change the room
See the full program The Uncharted Frontier Outlook
Thirty-two forecasts from the first frontier.
Every chapter leaves a public record of what the room sees, where it disagrees, and what could change its mind.
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Summer 2026
Palm Springs, California
The first stop: Palm Springs.
A private, climate-controlled campus; long tables; quiet work rooms; desert evenings. Summer 2026: Palm Springs established the format for what comes next.
Explore Summer 2026: Palm SpringsNext gathering · Winter 2026: Boulder
The frontier moves next to Boulder.
Summer 2026: Palm Springs is full. Join the waitlist for the first invitation, timing, and early details for Boulder.
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