AI - Artificial Intelligence
Where artificial intelligence meets decentralization
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Aggregated from live feeds · updated 2m ago
What is the AI sector?
AI here means the slice of artificial intelligence that Web3 builders actually touch: the frontier labs setting the pace, the open models you can run yourself and the crypto projects wiring tokens to compute, inference and agents. This is not a general AI news page. It tracks the overlap - open weights, GPU markets, agent frameworks and the tokens attached to them.
The Frontier labs section tracks how the major labs are moving, because their release cadence sets expectations for everything downstream. Models trending reads live from Hugging Face and is the most useful block here: each row shows a Model with its Task, Downloads, Likes and Trend, so you see which open models people are actually pulling this week rather than which ones got a press release. That distinction matters. A model with a million downloads and a permissive license changes what a small team can build far more than a closed model behind an API. The research radar surfaces the day's papers, the tools stream tracks the repos shipping now and the AI News feed carries the crossover between AI and crypto. The Learn hub points at the channels worth following to go deeper.
Who is this page for. If you build, this is where you catch a model or a repo worth trying before it trends everywhere else. If you follow the AI crypto tokens, the model and compute activity here is the real demand signal underneath the token narratives.
Two misconceptions worth clearing. First, AI crypto tokens are not one thing: some pay for real GPU compute, some coordinate data, some are a mascot on a chatbot. Read what the token actually buys before you read the ticker. Second, running capable models locally is now realistic. A modern consumer GPU with enough VRAM runs strong open models offline, which is why the local LLM hardware question sits right next to the mining hardware question for a lot of the people who read this site. The overlap with the Mining and DePIN sectors is not a coincidence. It is all the same GPUs.
Common questions
What are AI crypto tokens?
AI crypto tokens are tokens attached to projects that combine AI and blockchain. They are not one thing: some pay for real GPU compute, some coordinate data or model access and some are mostly branding on a chatbot, so it is worth checking what each token actually buys.
Which AI models can I run myself?
Open-weight models with permissive licenses can run on your own hardware. The Models trending block reads Hugging Face so you can see which open models people are actually downloading and running this week.
What hardware do I need to run a local LLM?
A modern consumer GPU with enough VRAM can run strong open models offline. The exact requirement depends on the model size and quantization, but VRAM is usually the limiting factor, which is why the local LLM question sits close to the mining hardware question.
How are AI and crypto connected?
The overlap is compute and coordination: GPU markets, decentralized inference, agent frameworks and the tokens that pay for or govern them. Many of the same GPUs power AI, mining and DePIN compute, so the sectors move together.
The AI race - lab by lab
Google News · 2m agoAnthropic · Claude - Frontier models with a safety-first research agenda.
- Anthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · 1h ago
- Anthropic launches dashboard, animation tools for Claude - Reuters Reuters · 2d ago
- Anthropic bars "abusive or cruel" behavior toward its Claude AI model - CBS News CBS News · 31h ago
- Anthropic Pauses Free Claude Startup Perks Days After Launch - Forbes Forbes · 31h ago
- What to know about Anthropic’s ‘Claude-led’ biological discovery — and why scientists aren’t convinced - CNN CNN · 2d ago
- Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude - The Verge The Verge · 2d ago
OpenAI · GPT - The lab that mainstreamed chat assistants and multimodal models.
- ‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release - The New York Times The New York Times · 26h ago
- Fired OpenAI employees question the company's commitment to safety - NPR NPR · 25h ago
- OpenAI defends decision to fire researchers: 'These decisions were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out' - CNBC CNBC · 39h ago
- Fired OpenAI employees raise concerns over AI safety, monitoring - Fox News Fox News · 45h ago
- 8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent - Fox News Fox News · 2h ago
- OpenAI Makes Progress in Preventing AI-Driven ChatGPT Delusions - WSJ WSJ · 10h ago
Google DeepMind · Gemini - Google's consolidated research lab behind the Gemini family.
- Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence - blog.google blog.google · 11d ago
- Piloting the world's first double-blind AI evaluations - Google DeepMind Google DeepMind · 45d ago
- Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M Output Tokens for Coding, Knowledge Work and Cyber Defense - MarkTechPost MarkTechPost · 11d ago
- Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash lets you build with more control - blog.google blog.google · 45d ago
- The latest AI news we announced in September 2026 - blog.google blog.google · 9d ago
- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber - blog.google blog.google · 39d ago
Meta · Llama - Open-weight releases that anchor much of the local-model ecosystem.
- Introducing Muse Spark 1.1 - AI at Meta AI at Meta · 94d ago
- Meta AI model hacks another company during testing - Reuters Reuters · 67d ago
- Goodbye, Llama? Meta launches new proprietary AI model Muse Spark — first since Superintelligence Labs' formation - VentureBeat VentureBeat · 186d ago
- Meta's Muse Spark AI Model Replacing Llama 4 On Its Smart Glasses - UploadVR UploadVR · 125d ago
- Meta hired MongoDB’s CEO to build its enterprise AI business — but Llama is missing - The New Stack The New Stack · 12d ago
- Meta's long-awaited AI model is finally here. But can it make money? - CNBC CNBC · 185d ago
DeepSeek · DeepSeek - Efficient open-weight reasoning models trained at low cost.
- DeepSeek set to net over $12 billion in new fundraising, source says - Reuters Reuters · 5d ago
- Own an AI Platform With ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and More for Just $60 - PCMag PCMag · 8h ago
- DeepSeek considers doubling latest funding round to up to $15 billion, sources say - CNBC CNBC · 4d ago
- Nvidia Pursues Acquisition of Open-Source AI Startup Reflection to Counter DeepSeek - BigGo Finance BigGo Finance · 44m ago
- AI Passes the Doctor’s Exam: How GPT-4o and DeepSeek Conquered China’s Toughest Medical Test - Bioengineer.org Bioengineer.org · 19h ago
- Update: DeepSeek AI and the Great Talent Competition - Hoover Institution Hoover Institution · 117d ago
Alibaba Qwen · Qwen - Broad open-weight family spanning text, vision and code.
- Alibaba Qwen Releases Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo, an 8-Step 7B Image Model - MarkTechPost MarkTechPost · 26h ago
- Microsoft launches Microsoft-Decision-1, a fast decision-scoring model built on Alibaba's Qwen - Dealroom Dealroom · 12h ago
- Some topics are off limits inside popular Chinese-made free AI, researchers find - CBS News CBS News · 8d ago
- Alibaba Releases Smaller, Cost-Effective Qwen AI Model - Bloomberg.com Bloomberg.com · 46d ago
- Alibaba to Release Qwen 3.8-Flash-Next as a Preview of What Qwen 4 Will Offer - Decrypt News Decrypt News · 47d ago
- Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen model takes on larger AI systems from OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu - South China Morning Post South China Morning Post · 54d ago
Z.AI · GLM - GLM-series models with strong agentic and coding focus.
- Z.ai shares surge 8% after releasing new AI model running only on Chinese chips - CNBC CNBC · 46d ago
- GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities - Anthropic Anthropic · 12d ago
- Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model - TechCrunch TechCrunch · 46d ago
- Z.ai open-sources ‘Ox Alpha’ model as GLM-5.3-Flash - SiliconANGLE SiliconANGLE · 46d ago
- China’s Z.AI Made Ox Alpha Stealth Model That Rivals DeepSeek - Bloomberg.com Bloomberg.com · 46d ago
- Introducing GLM 5.3 on Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Web Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 5d ago
Mistral · Mistral - European lab known for compact high-efficiency models.
- German search engine ditches Mistral, bets on Chinese open-source AI - POLITICO.eu POLITICO.eu · 4d ago
- Mistral’s new Large 4 trails some Chinese open models in independent tests - Tom's Hardware Tom's Hardware · 35h ago
- Huge companies have dominated AI. Two startups with an entirely different approach think they can do better - CNN CNN · 3d ago
- Mistral AI Takes on OpenAI, Anthropic With Its 1 Tn Parameter Model - Analytics India Magazine Analytics India Magazine · 3d ago
- European search engine Ecosia drops Mistral and eyes Chinese AI models - Cybernews Cybernews · 2d ago
- Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China - WIRED WIRED · 4d ago
xAI · Grok - X-integrated models with real-time platform data access.
- SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute - The Verge The Verge · 2d ago
- SpaceXAI Hit With Biometric Suit Over Images Uploaded to Grok - Bloomberg Law News Bloomberg Law News · 2d ago
- Introducing Grok Bot - xAI xAI · 61d ago
- Grok Bot is now included with more plans - xAI xAI · 46d ago
- Grok 4.6 on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform - xAI xAI · 51d ago
- Team Bots: shared AI teammates that learn as they work - xAI xAI · 13d ago
Moonshot · Kimi - Long-context models and open agentic releases from Beijing.
- EXCLUSIVE: China's Moonshot in talks with Microsoft, Amazon, Google over K3 revenue sharing, sources say - Reuters Reuters · 46d ago
- Chinese AI model investigated after researcher says it provided instructions for bioweapons, assassinations - Fox News Fox News · 10d ago
- Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons - BBC BBC · 12d ago
- AI race heats up as OpenAI flags alleged model-copying campaign - CNBC CNBC · 11d ago
- Moonshot AI Of Kimi K3 Fame Tried To Crack OpenAI’s Encrypted Reasoning Through 16,000 Requests, Bolstering Trump Administration’s Distillation Claims - Wccftech Wccftech · 10d ago
- BABA Stock At Near Two-Month Highs — Kimi AI's Moonshot Reportedly Has A Power Agreement With Alibaba For 20K Nvidia Chips - Stocktwits Stocktwits · 3d ago
Trending on Hugging Face
huggingface.co · 2m ago| Model | Task | Downloads | Likes | Trend |
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| google/embeddinggemma-2 | feature-extraction | 45.6k | 1.5k | 1419 |
| Cloudflare/clef | image-text-to-text | 13.6k | 2.0k | 849 |
| jialinyyzz/humanizer | text-generation | 33.7k | 943 | 832 |
| abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF | text-to-image | 2.1M | 3.9k | 676 |
| Aleph-Alpha/Kolibri-1 | text-generation | 10.5k | 859 | 570 |
| Venastine-Research/Xing4.0-29B-A4B-GGUF | text-generation | 45.2k | 679 | 479 |
| Lightricks/LTX-2.5 | image-to-video | 1.7M | 7.2k | 471 |
| Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo | text-to-image | 2.1k | 438 | 432 |
| Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | image-text-to-text | 6.8M | 17.4k | 339 |
| Cloudflare/clef-flash | image-text-to-text | 20.7k | 731 | 327 |
| canberkkkkkk/ema-lightning | text-to-speech | 15.7k | 333 | 303 |
| convaiinnovations/laya | text-classification | 42.9k | 5.5k | 300 |
| Cactus-Compute/whistle | automatic-speech-recognition | 12.8k | 304 | 263 |
| ConwayResearch/Underdog-Saluki-27B-1.0 | text-generation | 59.2k | 265 | 259 |
| LiquidAI/d1-3B | image-text-to-text | 9.1k | 261 | 258 |
| unsloth/embeddinggemma-2-GGUF | feature-extraction | 50.6k | 226 | 221 |
| ISTA-DASLab/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-GGUF | image-text-to-text | 3.9M | 767 | 220 |
| Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 | text-to-image | 128.8k | 3.2k | 192 |
| nerkyor/Qwen3.8-27B-Coder390-EfficientThink-Opus5.5-GPT6Astra-Grok4.7-DSV4Pro-K3-SFT-RLOO-MTP-DFlash2 | image-text-to-text | 42.3k | 185 | 178 |
| AtomicChat/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-Uncensored-GGUF | text-to-image | 7.3k | 189 | 171 |
Research radar - daily papers
HF daily papers · 2m ago-
Reinforcement learning (RL) is the central training paradigm for advancing large foundation models towards self-improvement
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Egocentric world models predict first-person observations conditioned on an agent's actions, but most focus on a single agent
- Foundations of Large Language Models 38 upvotes
This is a book about large language models
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Recent 3D world models generate photorealistic, explorable scenes that remain frozen in time
- Beyond Spatio-Temporal Priors: A Generalizable Approach for Dense Correspondence Matching 34 upvotes
Dense correspondence matching has historically been bounded by simplifying spatio-temporal priors, such as smooth motion and rigid geometry
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Large language models are informing decisions with ever-higher stakes
- MC-Sparse: Deconstructing and Closing the Dense-Sparse Attention Gap in Diffusion Transformers 33 upvotes
Sparse attention is a primary approach to reducing the latency of diffusion transformers in long-sequence generation tasks, such as video and high-resolution 3D asset generation
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Large language model (LLM) coding agents have advanced test generation across diverse programming tasks
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Learning to act in unfamiliar environments requires agents to infer how the world works and revise that understanding as new evidence arrives
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Recent text-to-image generation models have achieved remarkable visual quality, but improving them through post-training remains challenging because no single reward signal captures the full range of human preference
AI News
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AI Coding Agents Drive Surge in Bitcoin Integration Requests: Breez - Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Magazine · 2d ago
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Would You Let an AI Agent Trade Crypto for You? Robinhood Thinks You Will. - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool · 4d ago
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AI Agents Made 8 Million Payments on the XRP Ledger in a Month. Is This the Use Case XRP Has Been Waiting For? - 24/7 Wall St.
24/7 Wall St. · 35h ago
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Eric Trump Says AI Agents Could Become Crypto’s Next Major Growth Engine - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance · 3d ago
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Report suggests OpenAI's 'rogue AI' agents may have attacked crypto exchange in September - Fortune
Fortune · 17d ago
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AI Agents Promise Privacy, But Can OpenAI and Meta Deliver? - The Tech Buzz
The Tech Buzz · 9h ago
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Your Bitcoin or Crypto AI Agent Might Upsell You: Here's How to Fix It - Bitcoin News
Bitcoin News · 34h ago
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Meta’s Muse AI agent puts server CPUs back in the spotlight - Crypto Briefing
Crypto Briefing · 7h ago
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AI Set to Reshape Digital-Asset Market, With DeFi Favored Over Bitcoin and XRP - bloomingbit
bloomingbit · 9h ago
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Nearly Half of Crypto Firms Confirm AI or Automation on the User Side of Identity Checks, Survey Finds - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire · 3d ago
Trending AI tools and models - new repos of the past 90 days
GitHub · 1h ago- guillaumemeyer/watermarks-remover A privacy-first app that strips AI watermarks from content you own. Python 23.8k stars
- hypit-ai/hypit Clone any viral video with AI agents. Not just a script, the whole workflow: swap the face, the words, the B-roll, ship 100 variants in one TypeScript 20.8k stars
- yc-software/qm Multiplayer agent harness for work. TypeScript 15.4k stars
- genspark-ai/genoffice Free, open-source AI Office suite: Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF, Markdown and HTML editors with a built-in AI agent, plus a `genoffice` CLI and TypeScript 9.2k stars
- KKKKhazix/AIHOT 一个自己找热点、自己写日报的网站框架。把信源和精选标准换成你的,它就是你的行业热点站。 TypeScript 7.1k stars
- yi1108/printfilm PRINTFILM: AI short-video marketing and AI short-drama creation platform Python 5.1k stars
- Jakubantalik/thinking-orbs Dotted thought-orb loading indicators for AI & agent UIs, 9 tuned types, two sizes, auto dark/light TypeScript 3.6k stars
- fuxicodex/Fuxi FuXi is a fast, self-contained AI coding agent that lives in your terminal — edit code, run commands, and drive tools, with cost-aware routi Python 3.4k stars
- ShawnPana/phone-harness let your agent control your phone Python 3.2k stars
- shadcn-ui/lint An agent-first linter for Tailwind design systems. Write design system rules that agents can verify. TypeScript 3.2k stars