Thursday
Room 1
13:40 - 14:40
(UTC+11)
Talk (60 min)
Building fun and creative messaging experiences on WhatsApp
In this talk, I’ll show how to turn a simple WhatsApp message into an AI-powered creative experience. Using Twilio, WhatsApp, and OpenAI’s image generation APIs, we’ll build a workflow where users can send images via WhatsApp; think selfies, pet pics, and photos from the conference, and receive a cartoon, sketch, or fun version of your photo to share on your socials, group chats, and company message boards.
In this talk we'll cover:
- Why should we consider creating fun and engaging experiences via messaging
- How OpenAI's API works
- How to set up Twilio’s WhatsApp sandbox to send and receive incoming media
- How to process and transform images with OpenAI’s latest APIs
- Utilising existing libraries to transform images
- Sending images through WhatsApp
- Best practices for handling image input, latency, and user experience
- Other cool things you can build once you have images
This demo is practical, fun, and showcases how teams can blend communication APIs with AI to create delightful, interactive messaging experiences.
Michelle “MishManners” Duke
Mish is a multi-talented personality in the tech and gaming communities. Mish has worked in the technology space for the last decade and has a tonne of experience in developer advocacy, community management, marketing, and content creation. Mish has spoken at over 380 events on topics like AI, the future of work, communication, teamwork, and has given technical demos. She's a respected leader in the hackathon community, having won, organised, and mentored over 100 hackathons.
Mish is a successful entrepreneur and founder, having co-founded several companies – including an artificial intelligence company, and as a result, sits at the forefront of Melbourne’s science, tech, esports, and startup scenes. In her 'spare' time she’s a streamer, journalist, loves playing sports, and is always working on something exciting.