NEAR to Hire Artificial-Intelligence Engineers as Part of AI Roadmap
Layer-1 blockchain platform, NEAR, plans to hire artificial intelligence (AI) engineers to build user-owned AI within a 3-6 month timeframe. The company aims to position itself at the forefront of the intersection between AI and blockchain. NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin, an AI researcher and software engineer, co-built the 'Transformer' architecture that powers generative AI systems like ChatGPT. NEAR will use near.ai to surface AI information and plans to make an external announcement in May. The company believes it is uniquely positioned to make AI open source due to its not-for-profit and decentralized nature. NEAR's token economy is expected to create value in an open, permissionless ecosystem. The company has been promoting its "chain abstraction" narrative, which aims to improve user experience in crypto by simplifying challenges in a multichain environment. AI is expected to accelerate development and ease of use.
