ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, American tech giant Microsoft plans to invest $3 billion over the next two years to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India. This investment includes a partnership with the Indian government on an AI-focused initiative called INDIAai, which aims to provide AI training for 500,000 people and establish new data centers.Additionally, Microsoft has signed strategic partnerships with RailTel, Apollo Hospitals, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra Group, and upGrad. Microsoft will also provide benefits from the Founders Hub program to up to 1,000 AI startups in India, such as Azure credits, business resources, and mentorship.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Layer 1 relational blockchain platform Chromia announced its priorities for the first quarter of 2025 on Wednesday, emphasizing the development of AI tools to support decentralized AI applications. According to Chromia's recent blog, the company's roadmap also includes the release of the Postchain Python client and Neural Interface v2.0, as well as the Mimir mainnet upgrade.The vector database extension will be released in the first quarter, enabling developers to store vector embeddings on Chromia's Layer 1 blockchain, facilitating applications such as large language models and AI agents. To enhance compatibility with AI-driven tools, Chromia plans to launch the Postchain Python client, allowing Python-based machine learning applications to integrate directly with Chromia's blockchain infrastructure.Neural Interface v2.0 is also part of the vision, providing Chromia with expanded capabilities to serve as a memory and logging system for AI agents, further supporting decentralized AI development. Chromia's Mimir mainnet upgrade is scheduled for the end of the first quarter, expected to expand support for blockchain AI applications and improve the infrastructure for decentralized solutions on the platform.

ChainCatcher news, the full-chain data network Chainbase has released its annual summary for 2024, sharing the latest progress made in the field of data-driven on-chain intelligence. As the world's largest high-quality data infrastructure, Chainbase is committed to providing high-quality, structured, and trustworthy data for various AI frameworks and agents, accelerating the implementation of on-chain intelligence.In the third quarter of 2024, the Chainbase testnet and Chainbase AVS officially launched, supporting cooperation with over 220 EVM-compatible and non-EVM blockchains, building a broad ecosystem that provides massive data sources for well-known AI applications such as Google Gemini. It is reported that the daily data access volume of the Chainbase data network has reached 600 million, and the Ethereum staking amount of Chainbase AVS has reached 581,075 ETH.In 2024, the Chainbase community achieved leapfrog development. The Odyssey event attracted a total of 30 million wallet addresses to connect, with the number of community members exceeding 800,000 and the number of developers surpassing 30,000, forming a vibrant community of developers and users. In addition, traditional internet giants and Web3 venture capital are optimistic about the development prospects of data-driven AI, and Chainbase successfully completed a $15 million Series A financing.Looking ahead to 2025, Chainbase will continue to deepen its efforts in the data field, focusing on advancing the launch of the mainnet. Through the mainnet, Chainbase will achieve data monetization, incentivizing more users to participate in data sharing. At the same time, Chainbase will continue to optimize its technical architecture to provide more efficient and reliable data services for AI systems.

ChainCatcher message, Kye, the developer behind AI Agent swarms, posted on platform X: "Every artificial intelligence should be open source. Every single one. I am not a die-hard fan of the AI safety community, but non-open-source AI is very dangerous. With open source, people can make changes to align AI with humanity. If it's closed source, that's impossible. We should encourage everyone to open source their AI, or we will face unimaginable consequences.At @swarms_corp, all our work is open source. Everything is on our GitHub, and we commit to always open sourcing all our work."

ChainCatcher news, according to the WSJ report, Amazon-backed OpenAI competitor and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is in advanced negotiations for a $2 billion financing deal that would value it at $60 billion. According to insiders, this round of financing is led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners. According to data provider CB Insights, this deal would make Anthropic the fifth most valuable U.S. startup, behind only SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks. Last year, in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures, the company's valuation reached $18 billion.

ChainCatcher news, the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance announced on the X platform that it plans to destroy 5 million FET tokens on January 10, thereby creating deflationary pressure in its ecosystem. This milestone is also part of the ASI Train model in its roadmap.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao stated that crypto projects will attract more venture capital funding in 2025. Venture capital firms are focusing on stablecoin products, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, artificial intelligence, and infrastructure.Chao mentioned that the rise in digital asset valuations in 2024 and the favorable conditions of Trump’s re-election in the U.S. will attract more venture capital into crypto projects. Chao stated, "As we enter a supportive macro environment driven by U.S. stimulus policies and the formalization of crypto regulatory frameworks, these macro tailwinds will drive more venture capital into 2025."Despite the optimistic outlook, Deng Chao warned that macro risks, including geopolitical tensions and increased deficit spending, could exacerbate price volatility and uncertainty in the new year.

ChainCatcher news, Spores Network announced that the IDO of the artificial intelligence infrastructure project Koii will launch on the Spores Launchpad on January 7, 2025.IDO Details:Total fundraising amount: $200,000Time: January 7, 2025, 10:00 UTC to January 9, 2025, 11:00 UTCAccording to RootData, Koii Network is an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup dedicated to providing reliable and more cost-effective computing power for businesses and startups, and promoting ecological development by rewarding global computer users for contributing computing power.

ChainCatcher news, Spores Network announced that the IDO of the artificial intelligence infrastructure project Koii will be launched on the Spores Launchpad on January 7, 2025.IDO Details:Total fundraising amount: $200,000Time: January 7, 2025, 10:00 UTC to January 9, 2025, 11:00 UTCAccording to RootData, Koii Network is an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup dedicated to providing reliable and more cost-effective computing power for businesses and startups, and promoting ecological development by rewarding global computer users for contributing computing power.

ChainCatcher message, according to the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services," as of December 27, Beijing has added 11 generative artificial intelligence services that have completed filing, bringing the total to 105 generative artificial intelligence services filed. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, Forbes published an article discussing the most noteworthy trends in cryptocurrency for 2025:Regenerative Finance (ReFi) and green crypto projects that utilize blockchain technology to aid ecological restoration.Blockchain-based dispute resolution mechanisms that provide automated and transparent solutions.The rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) promoting financial inclusion.Decentralized Identity (DID) systems that allow users to control their personal data.Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (deAI).

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, as various industries connect large data centers and facilities to the power grid, the demand for electricity in North America driven by cryptocurrency mining and artificial intelligence operations has reached new highs. The electricity consumption of crypto mining can vary, typically fluctuating with changes in market prices, which further complicates grid management and leads to sudden fluctuations in energy load demand during normal operations.NERC's latest long-term reliability assessment shows significant growth in areas such as Texas, with peak demand expected to grow at a rate of 4.6% per year by the summer of 2029, four times the previous forecast.

ChainCatcher news, L1 blockchain aelf launches no-code AI agent framework aevatar intelligence, which will be supported by multiple large language models (LLM).aevatar intelligence will allow external developers to integrate their preferred LLMs, forming a collaborative ecosystem that drives innovation and expands the framework's capabilities. In addition, the official first use case AI pump pad of aevatar intelligence will be launched in early January 2025.

ChainCatcher news, regarding recent AGI-related product developments in the field of OpenAI and AI, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, "My definition of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is: AGI is a sufficiently powerful artificial intelligence that, if one day all humans suddenly disappear and this AI is uploaded into a robotic body, it will be able to independently continue civilization.Clearly, this is a very difficult definition to measure, but I think it captures the core of the intuitive distinction between 'the AI we are used to' and 'AGI' in many people's minds. It marks a shift from a tool that constantly relies on human input to a self-sufficient form of life. ASI (Artificial Superintelligence) is a completely different matter—my definition is when humans no longer add value to productivity in the loop (like in board games, we actually only reached this point in the past decade).Yes, ASI scares me—even the AGI I defined scares me because it brings obvious risks of losing control. I advocate focusing our work on building intelligence-enhancing tools for humans, rather than creating superintelligent life forms."

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken stated, "We must leverage our collective power to establish, update, and ultimately implement international artificial intelligence standards, which are crucial for enduring security." (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Washington Post, Biden is drafting a plan to allow the construction of artificial intelligence data centers. (Jin Shi)