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# Welcome to the Open Source AI Meetup 🎉
## Join the organization by clicking the 'Request to join this org' button on the top-right corner
- We would like to invite you to the **SF Hackathon**, a open source AI event in SF on March 31st at 6pm EST.
- We will be organizing this event here on Huggingface Hub and will be communicating with participants through the HuggingFace Discord Server. Check the dedicated SF hackathon channel to stay updated with the event. Prizes will be given at the end of the event. See the Prizes section below.
## Hackathon Tracks :
Participants can take part in different tracks of the SF Hackathon. Each track will have winners announced at the end of the event! These tracks are:
1. **Ethics Track** - Participants need to create ethics focused Gradio app. See example here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/society-ethics/featured-spaces-submissions
2. **Hack Track: Artists** inspiring Hackers (artists talking about what tools they actually need / would use and hackers building those)
3. **Art Track**: Hackers inspiring Artists (educating artists on new ML tools that have come out and using that to build new kinds of art)
4. **Healthcare Track** - Participants create Gradio demos with a healthcare focus
5. **Chatbot Track** themes - In this track, we encourage participants to create demos around chatbots like chatgpt
6. **Diffusers track** - Create Gradio demos using the Hugging Face Diffusers Library!
7. **Trasformers track** - Create Gradio demos using Hugging Transformers library!
8. **Anything track** - Anything goes, create gradio demos/models/datasets for any of your ideas!
## How to Participate :
To participate in any track in the SF hackathon, first make sure that you have installed the latest version of the Gradio library (at least 3.23 or later): `pip install --upgrade gradio`
- For all tracks, create and submit a new Gradio Demo:
- Step 1: Join the SF hackathon organization (this org) on Hub.
- Step 2: Pick a Track and read documentation related to it
- Step 3: Share your gradio demos with the community on social media and spread the word about the Hackathon 🤗
## Prizes
Are you ready to win big? You're free to submit as many entries as you want. You can also submit the same Demo to multiple tracks if it meets the criteria. So, get ready to have a great time unleashing your creativity.
- The top 3 winners, based on the number of likes, will get
- Swag from Hugging Face merch shop: t-shirt, hoodie, or mug of your choice
- Hugging Face PRO subscription for one year