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BADCamp has always been a community-first event where ideas, experimentation, and practical knowledge-sharing thrive. This year, it’s also where Drupal’s AI conversation gets very real.
From a focused, three-hour AI Summit to a range of practical sessions across the camp, AI is showing up in force at BADCamp 2025. Whether you're a site builder, developer, themer, or content strategist, there's something here for you.
The AI Summit: Community and Possibility
Friday morning, October 25, BADCamp is hosting a special three-hour AI Summit. This unconference-style session will give the Drupal community a space to explore how we’re using AI in the real world and where we want to take it next.
It’s not a keynote. It’s not a showcase. It’s a collaborative working session where the participants set the agenda. The goal is to move the conversation forward by grounding it in actual experience. What’s working, what isn’t, and what’s needed.
Details here: AI Summit at BADCamp
Drupal AI Initiative in the Spotlight
The Drupal AI Strategic Initiative will also be well represented. I'll be leading a hands-on session that shows how anyone can integrate private AI tools into their Drupal site without writing code:

Getting Hands-On with DrupalAI: Build Smarter Sites with Zero Code
– J. Matthew Saunders, Initiative Marketing Specialist

Kristen Pol will provide a look at the bigger picture, including how the initiative is positioning Drupal for the future:

Accelerating Innovation: The Drupal AI Initiative
– Kristen Pol, Initiative Co-Lead
 

AI Topics Across the Camp
BADCamp isn’t just featuring AI. It’s threading it through the whole program. Here are some of the other sessions digging into what AI can do in and around Drupal:

3 Ways to Use AI in Drupal: Chatbots, Smart Search, and Code Generation – Salim Lakhani
Building Smart Content Moderation in Drupal: AI-Powered Spam Detection and Community Tools – Prabhakar Singh
AI + Headless Drupal – Jordan Koplowicz
Creating an AI Chatbot in Drupal the Easy Way – Jordan Koplowicz
Preparing Your Pipeline for the AI Revolution – James Sansbury
Quick and Easy Migrations and Upgrades Using AI – Luke McCormick
Preparing for the Future: AI, the Changing Consumption Landscape, and Combating AI Threats – Steve Carlson

AI is no longer on the sidelines. The Drupal community is actively shaping how open source, ethical, and privacy-respecting AI tools can work in real content workflows.
If you're curious about where Drupal and AI meet, BADCamp is the place to see it all in motion. This isn’t about someday. It’s about what you can do right now.
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