Welcome to AI Matters 10(1)

Welcome to the first issue of the AI Matters Newsletter in 2024! This issue will start with a conference report by Dr. Louise A. Dennis. This report particularly summarizes the awarded papers and keynote speeches at HRI 2023, AAMAS 2023, ICAIL 2023, and more! Dr. Richard G. Freedman from Smart Information FlowTechnologies (SIFT) will then present us an exciting, upcoming challenge - the 2025 EAAI Mentored Undergraduate Research Challenge: Playing Word Association Games. Finally, this issue will end with a book review written by Dr. David S. Rogers at the American Military University. In this review article, Dr. Rogers introduced us a new book, titled "Understanding Large Language Models: Learning Their Underlying Concepts and Technologies", recently written by Thimira Amaratunga and published by Apress.