AI
Lightning Labs Unveils Bitcoin Tools for AI
“We are in the realm of enabling use cases that weren't previously possible,” Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told CoinDesk.

Former FTX.US President’s New Venture Is Seeking to Harness AI for Crypto Trading
Brett Harrison’s new firm, Architect, aims to be an one-stop platform for institutional-grade crypto trading.

AI-Backed Blockchain Data Startup Web3Go Raises $4M
Binance Labs led the round with HashKey Capital, NGC and Shima Capital among the other backers.

Axiom’s Zero-Knowledge Proofs Might One Day Help Detect Deepfakes
The startup is working to build ZK technology that can be used en masse for AI applications. The protocol, which just launched its main network, can retrieve historical Ethereum data and make intensive off-chain computations, and transport the data with zero-knowledge proofs.

Azuki Is Rebuilding After Its Elementals Mint Mishap
Azuki’s latest expansion of its NFT ecosystem missed the mark, while Candy Digital and Palm NFT are merging together to create a superpowered NFT production studio. Also, Warner Music Group and Polygon are launching a blockchain music accelerator program.

Applied Digital Stock Surges 12% After Announcing Its Third AI Deal
Applied Digital will be deploying HPE's Cray XD supercomputers in its AI cloud service.

Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Touts Privacy of AI Models Running on Its GPUs
Hive wants to provide enterprise training in its fleet of GPUs as part of its pivot to artificial intelligence.

Web3 Can Actually Compete in the Computer Chip Race
Decentralized infrastructure, aka DePIN, offers competitive alternatives for GPU-hungry AI startups in need of cheap and secure data storage and other computational resources.

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Integrates With Identity Management Software Okta as It Pushes Into Germany
World ID, which uses biometric data to verify users, helps apps distinguish people from bots and is more private than alternatives like Google sign-in.

FTX Pauses Sale of $500M Stake in AI Firm Anthropic: Bloomberg
The move followed months of due diligence on the stake being done by the bidders, according to Bloomberg’s sources.

