The Ethereum Foundation’s new push into artificial intelligence was not part of its roadmap, but emerged in response to demand from ecosystem projects, according to new team lead Davide Crapis.
While not a direct policy shift, the move represents “another step” for the long-term success of the protocol. “Our ecosystem needs this,” Crapis told Cointelegraph.
The newly formed AI team will essentially have a foot in two main sides of the Ethereum Foundation: the protocol and ecosystem divisions. The dual focus targets product development and preparing Ethereum to onboard traditional AI developers.
“If we can show these traditional AI developers that ‘hey, there is value here, there is decentralization, it could solve some problems around alignment, verification of AI, governance of AI,’ that would be a successful path for us,” said Crapis.
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