The Internet Computer is fully committed to helping artificial intelligence reach its full potential. The new collaboration between the DFINITY Foundation and the ETH Zurich AI Center will benefit both ecosystems.
The DFINITY Foundation is pleased to announce that it has joined the ETH Zurich AI Center as its official industry partner. ETH Zurich is one of the top universities in Switzerland.
After joining the alliance, our R&D and business teams will have direct access to the latest research findings, faculty within universities, technical talent, networks, and a startup ecosystem rich in experience in artificial intelligence and deep technology.
The AI Center is leading the development of responsible and inclusive AI systems while expanding access to world-class supercomputing resources to develop AI models that benefit global society. ETH Zurich is a founding member of ICAIN (International Computing and Artificial Intelligence Network), which aims to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through AI.
"We are excited to have another outstanding member join our ecosystem," said Daniel Naeff, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the ETH AI Center. "We can now collaborate on many different activities, and most importantly, we fully understand how to maximize our ecosystem and jointly advance their development in the fields of AI and Web3."
Building the future of artificial intelligence: Opportunities and limitations
The prospects of artificial intelligence are easily exciting, from developing treatments and implementing healthcare surgeries to leveraging renewable energy systems to mitigate climate change: astonishing improvements in retail, transportation, scientific research, financial services, and agriculture are within reach, and this seems just the tip of the iceberg.
We know that artificial intelligence has the power to significantly change how technology serves humanity. The opportunities are limitless. Just imagine what AI tools mean for entrepreneurs, gamers, students, governments, NGOs, and communities that lack the technical skills or funds to pay for expensive developers, consultants, or SaaS services.
While it is easy to become overly enthusiastic, the real challenge lies in translating all the potential of artificial intelligence into something remarkable. Traditional IT has limitations concerning all the opportunities that AI provides.
Traditional IT is not designed for continuous upgrades, which deprives the freedom for real-time development. Additionally, large tech companies tend to lock AI development software onto special platforms or hold data as collateral; any valuable applications and services from large tech companies will never truly have sovereignty—they are not that tightly coupled.
The Internet Computer as a unique home for artificial intelligence
The Internet Computer Protocol (\u003cc-9/\u003e) is a powerful blockchain network that provides a decentralized alternative to traditional cloud and IT infrastructure. It is undoubtedly the only decentralized public network in the world capable of hosting and running AI in a smart contract model.
Although the Internet Computer is blockchain-driven, it has completely different properties from traditional blockchains. Perhaps most importantly, it can serve as a complete technology stack: users can store vast amounts of data on these networks, then perform extensive data processing, using native Web3 technologies to build almost anything you can imagine (while still allowing developers to use familiar Web2 technologies, such as HTTPS calls).
Moreover, just like the underlying protocol, applications running on the Internet Computer are secure and tamper-proof.
The Internet Computer is fast and powerful, capable of processing over 2 million Ethereum-equivalent transactions per second. Specifically, in just one hour, the amount of smart contract computations processed by the Internet Computer exceeds the annual computational volume processed by hundreds of other blockchains.
Following the recent milestone updates of Tokamak, Beryllium, and Stellarator, the Internet Computer is now performing better, with lower latency, more storage, higher throughput, and more user-friendly operation. Both developers and AI applications can benefit from these improvements—and more enhancements are on the way.
Today, network-resident software on the Internet Computer can be used to run AI models and RAG infrastructure, and more exciting AI advancements are expected in the future.
Looking to the future
The Internet Computer and its community are developing the infrastructure for artificial intelligence to achieve everything we desire, and industry collaboration will play a crucial role in realizing this goal. Collaborating with participants such as the ETH AI Center will provide important opportunities for both partners to learn, educate, and support their respective ecosystems.
Welcome to embark on this transformative journey with us, as we explore where the results of human-AI collaboration will lead us.
Please tell us your feedback. You can share your thoughts anytime on the DFINITY X channel and the developer forum, and stay tuned for upcoming updates to the technology roadmap.
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