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OriginTrail co-founders Žiga Drev and Tomaz Levak break down the importance of knowledge verifiability in the era of AI hallucinations, plus much more.
Artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) and machine learning have infiltrated just about every aspect of our technology-connected lives. Tools like ChatGPT offer an array of helpful utilities, but they also come with a potentially dark side, as ChatGPT and other LLM chatbots are known to occasionally spit out information that is factually incorrect, potentially biased and possibly even harmful.
AI is just the latest example demonstrating the importance of being able to verify information. Complex systems such as supply chains, where verifiability has always been important, have long been touted as areas where blockchain technology and decentralization can offer real-world benefits.
One project seeking to realize this potential is OriginTrail, a multichain protocol building what it describes as the first-ever decentralized knowledge graph — a type of data layer that helps establish and verify relationships between various data points.
On Episode 14 of The Agenda podcast, hosts Jonathan DeYoung and Ray Salmond chat with Žiga Drev and Tomaz Levak, co-founders of OriginTrail, who break down knowledge graphs, the importance of decentralization for AI and supply chains, their experience working with enterprise clients, and more.
According to the founders, OriginTrail is building a “trusted knowledge foundation” that can help combat misinformation, whether related to AI hallucinations or fraud in medical supply chains. To do so, it created the “Decentralized Knowledge Graph” (DKG), a decentralized version of the same relationship-revealing tools used by Google to tailor its search recommendations and Amazon to suggest products.
When asked why knowledge graphs need to be decentralized, the founders argued that centralized services, by their very nature, consume user data and build knowledge without said users receiving equal value in return. Drev told the Agenda.
“We’re not benefiting from these kinds of technologies because we’re not involved.”
With OriginTrail, users can create “knowledge assets” on the DKG that they will be able to leverage and extract value from in a similar way to how tokens can be leveraged in decentralized finance today, according to Levak and Drev.
As adoption of the @origin_trail DKG continues to expand, so does the count of #AI-ready Knowledge Assets! We're heading towards reaching 1 million Knowledge Assets published on the #DKG before the current Turing phase concludes, as we celebrate the creation of 500,000 assets… pic.twitter.com/FXvxkxzwcd
— OriginTrail (@origin_trail) August 18, 2023
The founders also argued that having a trusted knowledge foundation will help users verify the validity of information generated by AI chatbots, for example, by allowing users to trace the origins of their outputted statements.
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According to Drev, “By decentralizing AI, what we give users actually is an ability to verify from which source an answer was extracted. Or even if you use a generative AI, you can still check what is the information trail and where does that information come from.”
One common critique of the crypto space is that most projects only exist to solve problems created by other projects, and that there is little real-world need for blockchain technology. A core goal of The Agenda is to find and explore those use cases that are impacting, or have the potential to impact, the world outside of the cryptosphere.
OriginTrail, for its part, has partnered with or been supported by several well-known enterprise clients, including the British Standards Institution, Walmart, Google, Oracle and more. When asked how and why everyday people should find value in enterprise adoption and blockchain tools that power information verification, Levak pointed out that different people will find use cases in different things.
“I think it may vary to whom certain things are kind of closer,” he said. “To some, it might be they understand or they connect with pharmaceuticals or medicines or the sustainable medicine field. Others may be more construction, some may be food.”
Spot the @origin_trail logo? This is how the real world adoption looks like in #fmcg as example. Looking forward to chat about mainstream adoption of #web3 in wide spectrum of industries globally at @MessariCrypto #Mainnet2023 together with @Polkadot pioneers pic.twitter.com/JVoFRPT77S
— Žiga Drev (@DrevZiga) August 25, 2023
However, according to Levak, the easiest real-world use case to communicate in today’s climate surrounds AI:
“A lot of people have dabbled with ChatGPT, and mostly two questions arise. A is, ‘Am I going to lose my job?’ And B is, ‘How can I trust this thing?’ And then boom, it’s very easy to kind of extend the importance of these types of technologies to exist, because that is something that anyone can kind of create a story around — their job, around their situation, where that could help or hurt them.”
To hear more from Levak and Drev’s conversation with The Agenda — including the origin of the protocol’s name, the tokenomics of the TRAC utility token and their perspectives on bull market hype vs. longevity — listen to the full episode on Cointelegraph’s Podcasts page, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And don’t forget to check out Cointelegraph’s full lineup of other shows!
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The chief executive and founder of ARK Invest says that artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin (BTC) could converge to heavily reduce costs and boost productivity. Cathie Wood says on the social media platform X that the merging of AI and digital assets could fundamentally change the way that companies run. “The convergence between Bitcoin and […]
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A global consumer survey from Salesforce shows a growing distrust toward firms that use AI, while an Australian survey found most believe it creates more problems than it solves.
Consumers are developing a widening “trust gap” with companies using artificial intelligence, with many airing concerns about the potential unethical use of the technology, according to a new Salesforce survey.
On Aug. 28 the customer relationship software firm released survey results from over 14,000 consumers and firms in 25 countries that suggested nearly three-quarters of customers are concerned about the unethical use of AI.
Over 40% of surveyed customers do not trust companies to use AI ethically and nearly 70% said it's more important for companies to be trustworthy as AI tech advances.
One thing’s clear: there’s risk of an AI trust gap.
— Salesforce (@salesforce) August 28, 2023
As more and more businesses use AI, it’s on the brands to earn their customers’ trust.
Check out more findings from the new State of the Connected Customer Report: https://t.co/YJhtaHQQZk pic.twitter.com/Roa0BJjFoQ
Salesforce highlighted that respondents have become less open to using AI since last year.
In its 2022 survey, over 80% of business buyers and 65% of consumers were open to using AI to improve experiences — both have dropped respectively to 73% and 51%.
Meanwhile, a separate survey of nearly 1,500 Australians released Aug. 28 by market research firm Roy Morgan found nearly 60% of those surveyed agreed AI “creates more problems than it solves.”
One in five also believed the tech would risk human extinction by 2043 — echoing fears from AI pundits who signed a letter in May agreeing that mitigating human extinction risks from AI should be a global priority.
However, despite the two recent showing a growing distrust of AI, another shows a majority in the United States haven’t heard of — let alone even used — what’s arguably the most widely-known AI chatbot.
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An Aug. 28 Pew Research report of over 5,000 Americans found that 18% had actually used OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Around a quarter overall had heard of the chatbot and of the ChatGPT-aware cohort it was mostly those under 30 years old — around 40% — who had used the bot at least once.
As a global debate on how to regulate AI takes place — both sides of the U.S. political aisle that are aware of ChatGPT, nearly 70% overall, cited a greater concern about the government not going far enough in regulating AI chatbot use.
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SingularityNET CEO Ben Goertzel says that AI and blockchain have the potential to solve problems that traditional mechanisms have “consistently, miserably failed.”
Artificial intelligence firm SingularityNET and blockchain firm VeChain have become the latest firms to marry blockchain with artificial intelligence — this time, with the aim of cutting down carbon emissions.
Over the last year, the crypto industry has seen an increasing amount of collaboration between blockchain and AI technology.
On Aug. 24, VeChain — a smart contract-compatible blockchain used for supply-chain tracking — announced a strategic collaboration with the decentralized AI services-sharing platform SingularityNET.
In a joint statement, the firms said the partnership will merge VeChain’s enterprise data with SingularityNET's advanced AI algorithms to enhance automation of manual processes and provide real-time data.
SingularityNET founder and CEO Ben Goertzel told Cointelegraph that blockchain and AI go hand-in-hand and can solve problems where traditional approaches often fail.
“The last few years have taught the world that when the right AI algorithms meet the right data on sufficient processing power, magic can happen,” said Goertzel.
Dr Ben Goertzel says an AGI deployed across millions of nodes around the world can't be taken over by hostile, centralized forces: "Blockchain solves that problem better than it solves the problem of money,” he says. https://t.co/jPlp5BrSUY
— Cointelegraph Magazine (@CointelegraphZN) May 2, 2023
Goertzel explained the partnership could, for example, allow AI to identify new ways to use VeChain’s blockchain data to optimize carbon emission output and minimize pollution.
“Achieving a sustainable and environmentally positive economy is an extremely complex problem involving coordination of a large number of different economic players,” he added.
“It's a problem at which traditional economic mechanisms have consistently, miserably failed.”
Meanwhile, VeChain Chief Technology Officer Antonio Senatore added: “Blockchain and AI offer game-changing capabilities for industries and enterprises and are opening new avenues of operation.”
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In July, Bitcoin Miner Hive Blockchain changed its name and business strategy as part of its foray into the emerging field of AI. Hive Digital Technologies CEO Aydin Kilic told Cointelegraph in August that blockchain and AI are “both pillars of Web3.”
In June, Ethereum layer-2 scaling network Polygon announced its integration of AI technology. The AI interface called Polygon Copilot will help developers obtain analytics and insights for Dapps on the network.
Dr. Daoyuan Wu, an AI researcher from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and MetaTrust affiliate, told Cointelegraph that the “inherent autonomy of AI aligns seamlessly with the decentralized and autonomous characteristics of blockchain and smart contracts,” adding:
“It holds the potential to shift the current centralized governance prevalent in the blockchain ecosystem to a truly decentralized and self-governing paradigm.”
MetaTrust Labs is working on a project called GPTScan which works as a tool that combines Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT) and static analysis to detect logic vulnerabilities in smart contracts.
“GPTScan is the first tool of its kind that utilizes GPT to match candidate vulnerable functions based on code-level scenarios and properties," added Dr. Daoyuan in an interview with Cointelegraph.
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Representative Derek Kilmer will chair the Artificial Intelligence Working Group, which is aimed at introducing “sensible, bipartisan” policies for AI technology.
Democrats from the United States House of Representatives have formed a working group on artificial intelligence aimed at introducing new legislation around the nascent tech sector.
The 97-member New Democrat Coalition announced its AI working group on Aug. 15, stating it would work with President Joe Biden’s administration, stakeholders and lawmakers from both sides of the political arena to develop “sensible, bipartisan policies to address this emerging technology.”
The group will focus on a range of issues including how best to leverage AI for growth while still ensuring that workers who stand to lose their jobs as a result of AI can remain employed.
Artificial Intelligence is the biggest technological threat we've faced since the invention of the atomic bomb.
— Rep. Seth Moulton (@RepMoulton) August 15, 2023
I am proud to be a part of the @NewDemCoalition's AI Working Group to assess the dangers and opportunities posed by AI and develop a framework to regulate it. https://t.co/99hGdHgb7x
Representative Derek Kilmer will serve as chair of the AI working group and told CNBC the primary focus of the working group was to crack down on the spread of misinformation and aired concerns on advanced AI-generated deepfakes becoming increasingly prevalent online.
“There’s real concern about the potential for AI generated disinformation, real concern about misuse of advanced AI models.”
“That’s the type of thing that requires Congress to get smart and get smart fast,” Kilmer added.
Artificial intelligence is the next great frontier of technological advancement.
— Rep. Derek Kilmer (@RepDerekKilmer) August 15, 2023
And we’re already seeing how breakthroughs in this emerging technology present both great opportunities and challenges with potential disruptions for workers, democracy, and national security. https://t.co/hflVef6k9Y
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Lawmakers, academics and top tech CEOs have all signaled the need to reign in on the potential dangers raised by AI.
In May, Vice President Kamala Harris, along with Biden’s top advisers, held a meeting with several AI industry CEOs to discuss concerns about the risks associated with AI.
In June, President Biden held a meeting with experts in AI in Silicon Valley to discuss a similar subject.
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Task Force Lima will look into how artificial intelligence can be used across the U.S. defense, including warfighting capabilities.
The United States Pentagon has launched a new task force to look into how generative artificial intelligence can be used for the nation’s defense.
On Aug. 10, the Pentagon announced the formation of “Task Force Lima” which would look into integrating AI across the U.S. defense apparatus so it can “design, deploy, and use generative AI technologies.”
In a statement, the Department of Defense said the aim is to use AI to enhance its business affairs, health, readiness, policy and warfighting capabilities.
Today, @DepSecDef signed Task Force Lima into effect. This @DeptofDefense-wide generative AI task force will examine generative AI use cases from across the federal government & develop recommendations on responsibly using these powerful tools. Learn more: https://t.co/GELM3aJqRf
— DOD Chief Digital & AI Office (@DODCDAO) August 10, 2023
Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks said part of Lima’s mission would also study how the department can defend against and respond to malicious or adversarial uses of AI.
The newly formed Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) — which launched in June 2022 — will lead the new task force, with U.S. Navy Captain Manuel Xavier Lugo named Lima’s mission commander.
Lima’s creation comes as tensions between the U.S. and China over AI technology continue to heighten.
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On Aug. 9 President Joe Biden signed an executive order that named China, Hong Kong and Macau as countries of concern and tech investments in those regions would be would regulated and restricted.
Such tech investments — deemed critical for China’s military, intelligence and cyber capabilities — included semiconductors which are often vital for developing AI models.
The order adds to restrictions on AI chip sales to China that Biden implemented in October 2022 and U.S. officials are mulling tighter controls on such sales.
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