ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io has officially reached a strategic partnership with hardware wallet provider OneKey to jointly launch an AI model training challenge focused on smart contract security. This collaboration will integrate FLock's federated learning architecture with OneKey's expertise in blockchain security to jointly promote the upgrade of industry security standards.This challenge is built on the training framework of FLock's core module AI Arena, utilizing an audited real vulnerability dataset, along with a dynamic attack and defense scenario simulation question bank. Participants can engage in the competition by optimizing detection algorithms, contributing threat intelligence, validating model effectiveness, and more, competing for $FLOCK token rewards and OneKey hardware wallets.In addition, the project team has specially opened the "Elite Trainer Program" registration channel, inviting global security engineers and AI developers to collaboratively create efficient and accurate smart contract security detection models.

ChainCatcher news, FLock officially launches the Elite Trainer program, recruiting outstanding ML engineers, AI developers, and data scientists globally to jointly promote the development of decentralized AI training. This program will attract top talents to become training nodes and participate in on-chain federated learning in the AI Training Arena, enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of AI training.Participants will receive an exclusive training wallet and 200,000 $FLOCK (provided by the FLock Foundation, non-transferable during the training period, and the specific amount may be adjusted). In addition, trainers can share 50% of the rewards after completing training tasks, with rewards paid in $FLOCK and the opportunity to experience new features in advance.We welcome professionals in the AI field to join:Kaggle/Numerai Grandmasters or Masters, as well as other AI challenge/competition winners;High-impact GitHub AI/ML contributors, top developers on platforms like LeetCode and HackerRank;Scholars who have published research results in top AI conferences/journals such as NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, TAI.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, analysts pointed out that last Friday's disappointing U.S. February employment report reinforced expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut, which could boost risk appetite and lift the stock market and crypto assets. However, ongoing inflation risks driven by tariffs and supply chain issues still constrain a policy shift. Last week, the U.S. Labor Department's seasonally adjusted data showed that non-farm employment added only 151,000 jobs from January to February, marking the weakest February growth since 2019 and falling short of the 170,000 expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. Government layoffs, federal funding cuts, tariff uncertainties, and tightening immigration policies will weigh on job growth in the coming months. These factors may lead to a slowdown in hiring, suppress economic momentum, and reinforce deflationary trends. The Federal Reserve is facing a complex policy environment: weak employment supports rate cuts, but supply-side constraints and inflation concerns from geopolitical risks make it cautious. Uncertainty may continue to suppress the crypto market.Wincent Senior Director Paul Howard stated that the disappointing employment report underscores the necessity of rate cuts to stimulate the economy, and reducing deficit costs may be a government priority, which would benefit risk assets like crypto; CoinPanel trading automation expert Kirill Kretov pointed out that rising unemployment could improve Bitcoin and DeFi liquidity by raising rate cut expectations. Slowing wage growth suggests easing inflation pressures, making it more likely for the Federal Reserve to pivot sooner. The CME FedWatch tool shows that 55.3% of rate traders believe the June FOMC meeting is the earliest point for a rate cut this year, while the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model has downgraded U.S. first-quarter economic growth to a contraction of 2.4%, which, if realized, would mark the first deflation since the first quarter of 2022, intensifying recession fears.Analysts indicate that global economic uncertainty has prompted an increase in bearish positions in the derivatives market, with the risk reversal indicator over the past 24 hours leaning more towards put options, reflecting market concerns about increased selling pressure. Options flow suggests that bullish sentiment may need to wait until the third quarter. Although $80,000 remains a key short-term support level for Bitcoin, the upside potential is limited. Before a new narrative emerges, the correlation between Bitcoin and the stock market may strengthen. Tariff risks persist, and volatility may increase ahead of the release of U.S. CPI and PPI data this week.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng responded to a community user's question about "whether he holds ETH" by stating that he does not hold any significant amount of ETH, and may only have a small amount in some old wallets, mainly because BNB was initially issued as an ERC20 token which required ETH for gas fees.CZ further revealed, "I missed the entire ETH train right in front of me. I met Vitalik at a Bitcoin conference in 2013. In 2014, I learned about 'ICO'. In 2015, Vitalik briefly stayed at my small apartment in Tokyo during his travels. My (arrogant) suggestion was: 'A Turing-complete language on the blockchain? Isn't that too difficult?' He said, 'It can be done.'This is truly a missed opportunity. But then again, if I had bought ETH that early, I might not have had the motivation to start Binance or BNB."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10, DeepSeek has launched NSA.DeepSeek claims that NSA is a hardware-consistent and natively trainable sparse attention mechanism designed for ultra-fast long-context training and inference. By optimizing the design for modern hardware, NSA accelerates inference speed while reducing pre-training costs without compromising performance.In general benchmarks, long-context tasks, and instruction-based reasoning, its performance is comparable to or even better than that of full attention models.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X stating that today, the Department of Education has terminated 29 DEI training grants totaling $101 million.One of the grants aimed to train teachers "to help students understand/explore the complex history involved in oppression and to help students identify areas of privilege and power on both personal and collective bases."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the $6 million AI training cost in the DeepSeek report is misleading, as this data only covers the final stage and does not include key infrastructure and R&D expenses. The actual total investment is expected to be close to $1 billion, revealing the true scale of their investment.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Xiaoxiang Morning Post, on October 16, 2024, two enthusiastic passengers discovered that a fellow passenger was behaving suspiciously on the train and immediately reported it to the train police. The passengers claimed that the man sitting next to them was chatting using a certain app, with content related to virtual currency trading. The railway police subsequently seized over 560,000 yuan in cash from his luggage. Upon inspecting Zeng's phone, it was found that he was contacting others to resell virtual currency at the time of the investigation.This is a case of using a ride-hailing platform to deliver cash for fraud, and then using virtual currency for money laundering. Currently, the case has been handed over to the Gansu police, and a local victim, Gao, has retrieved over 100,000 yuan in cash related to the fraud. The investigation is ongoing.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Indian Railways has announced that it will provide NFT-based train tickets for pilgrims traveling to the MahaKumbh Mela. This event will leverage the speed and low transaction costs of the Polygon blockchain to ensure scalability and environmental sustainability. Tickets will be issued through the NFTrace platform, which focuses on the traceability of real-world assets.Chaincode Consulting is collaborating with IRCTC to enhance global participation through a digital experience while celebrating India's cultural heritage.

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 TechCrunch, Elon Musk stated during a live conversation with Stagwell Chairman Mark Penn that the training of current AI models has largely exhausted real-world data, "We have exhausted the cumulative sum of human knowledge, which happened last year." Musk's views align with those of former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, who suggested at the NeurIPS machine learning conference that the AI industry has reached a "data peak," and that the way models are developed may need to change in the future.Musk believes that synthetic data will be a way to supplement real data, and AI will achieve self-learning through generating and self-evaluating data. This trend has been adopted by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, with models like Microsoft's Phi-4 and Google's Gemma combining real and synthetic data for training. Gartner predicts that by 2024, about 60% of data in AI and analytics projects will be synthetically generated.The advantages of synthetic data include cost savings; for example, the AI startup Writer spent only about $700,000 to develop its nearly entirely synthetic data-based Palmyra X 004 model, whereas the development cost for a similarly scaled OpenAI model is about $4.6 million. However, synthetic data also carries risks, including a decrease in model creativity, increased output bias, and potential model collapse, especially when the training data itself is biased, which can also affect the generated results.

ChainCatcher message, DWF Labs stated that they are training an AI agent and have released a link for public access.

ChainCatcher news, Musk posted on the X platform that Grok 3 is coming soon, the pre-training is complete, and the computational power is 10 times that of Grok 2.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the decentralized AI training network Nodepay has announced the completion of its second round of financing, totaling $7 million. The latest round of investors includes IDG Capital, Mythos, Elevate Ventures, IBC, Optic Capital, Funders.VC, Etherscan founder Matthew Tan, and CoinHako co-founder and CEO Yusho Liu. Previous investors in Nodepay's financing include Animoca Brands, Mirana, OKX Ventures, JUMP Crypto, and Tokenbay Capital.According to reports, Nodepay is a decentralized AI training network dedicated to democratizing AI training through real-time data retrieval. By converting idle internet bandwidth into resources, Nodepay powers the next generation of AI models.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock announced the completion of a $3 million strategic round of financing, bringing the total financing to $11 million. This round of financing was led by Grayscale's parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), with Lightspeed Faction participating in a follow-on round, along with strategic partners such as Animoca Brands, Fenbushi Capital, GnosisVC, GSR Ventures, OKCoinJapan, Bas1s Ventures, and A41. This round of financing will enable FLock to advance the democratization of AI model development and continue to build a decentralized AI training platform.FLock aims to address issues such as lack of transparency, weak data privacy, and unfair compensation for contributors in traditional centralized AI systems through blockchain technology. With its decentralized collaboration model, data remains local and does not need to be uploaded to third parties, allowing contributors to fairly share the benefits derived from data, computing power, and feedback, giving everyone the opportunity to participate in AI development.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever stated at the NeurIPS 2024 conference in Vancouver that the era of AI pre-training is coming to an end, and the era of AI superintelligence is approaching. He compared data to fossil fuels, pointing out that the growth of internet data has peaked, while the growth rate of computing power has surpassed the total amount of available training data.Sutskever predicts that the next phase of AI development will be dominated by three main directions: autonomous AI agents, synthetic data, and computational reasoning.

ChainCatcher news, Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng posted on X: "The last use case for humanity is training artificial intelligence."