On January 31, 2025, Madina Abdrakhmanova, Deputy Director of Product and External Affairs and senior Data scientist of the Institute for Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) participated as a speaker at the PR Olivie meetup, which was organized at Nazarbayev University.
The main topic of the event was “Key Trends 2025: AI and Creativity”. During the event, Madina showcased ISSAI, including the Soyle App, an AI application for speech recognition, voice synthesis, and multilingual text and speech translation, and the Oylan visual language model that can process text and images. Madina’s presentation attracted an audience, which comprised journalists, PR professionals, bloggers, content creators, speechwriters, photographers, videographers, designers, and producers.
Madina emphasized the development of Artificial Intelligence aimed at enhancing the Kazakh language and underscored the significance of creating locally-focused AI products. Using practical examples, she illustrated the substantial benefits of the Soyle App and Oylan for content creators, sparking active engagement among attendees.
In addition to Madina’s insightful presentation, the PR Olivie platform featured contributions from notable figures such as Askhat Uskembayev, Halima Sadykova, renowned artist and actor-producer Sanjar Madi, founder of OINA studio, Ayka Alemi, president of CIAQ and Director of Born Nomad and DMUK HUB, Aisana Ashim, Founder of The Village Kazakhstan, and influencer Leonid Nigmatullin, PR Director of Citix.