前Ripple高管推出的人工智能代理加密支付网络

币界网Published on 2024-08-21Last updated on 2024-08-21

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人工智能系统可以做很多事情:想象图像和视频、撰写论文、合成数兆字节的信息,甚至复制人类的语音模式和模拟情绪。但他们还不能做的一件事,听起来很简单,就是为任何事情买单。

两位前Ripple开发人员现在试图通过将区块链支付与人工智能融合来消除这一障碍,他们认为这将很快成为这两种技术的新篇章。

他们的新服务,一个名为Skyfire的开源支付系统,将允许自主人工智能代理在互联网上快速浏览,购买完成指定任务所需的任何商品——从数据存储和创意资产到机票和杂货。所有此类交易都将由流行的稳定币USDC提供支持。

该公司今天宣布进行850万美元的种子轮融资,得到了加密货币重量级人物的支持,包括USDC发行人Circle、Ripple、Gemini以及硅谷著名亿万富翁和比特币倡导者Tim Draper的风险投资公司。Skyfire目前在以太坊扩展网络Polygon上运行,但它表示计划很快扩展到更多的区块链。

Skyfire联合创始人兼首席执行官Amir Sarhangi告诉Decrypt:“我们认为,如果没有这一点,人工智能就无法工作。”。“无论是我们还是其他人,都必须有人为人工智能做这件事。”

正如Sarhangi所看到的,人工智能代理目前还远未实现其全部潜力。一旦他们遇到需要支付任何费用的情况,他们就会陷入困境,需要人类中介用信用卡为他们纾困。开发商表示,这样一个系统迫切需要精简,而传统的银行系统严重缺乏帮助。

他补充道:“这不可能是Visa,因为这些轨道根本不支持人工智能所需要的,即以低费用、高效的方式全天候进行微交易的能力。”。“这就是加密货币和区块链提供的所有东西。”

Sarhangi和他的联合创始人Craig DeWitt并不是第一个意识到融合人工智能和区块链支付潜力的人。几个月来,像Coinbase首席执行官Brian Armstrong这样的加密货币行业领导者一直公开坚称,人工智能的未来取决于链上支付的采用。

但他们是第一批将这一概念付诸行动的人。Skyfire在推出时为少数客户提供支持,从希望简化印度汽车服务中心小额支付的传统汽车零部件制造商到人工智能基础设施提供商。该公司还表示,目前正在与几个主要的大型语言模型(LLM)就使用Skyfire的人工智能代理采用USDC支付进行对话。

Skyfire特别相信,LLM经常将用户推荐到第三方网站购买任务中涉及的高级资产或服务,考虑到这项创新将如何使人工智能代理在一个地方保持活跃和支出,LLM会发现自主支付特别有吸引力。

“在这个过程中,你会失去很多用户,”Sarhangi谈到目前人工智能用户与多个开发人员创建的服务交互的多站点流时说。目前,这些网站需要订阅或购买信用额度,而不是按需支付。

对于尚未支持USDC支付的其他公司和服务,Skyfire将利用第三方聚合器来促进人工智能支付。例如,这样的聚合器将允许人工智能代理在美联航上立即购买机票,即使该航空公司只接受传统的支付方式。

然而,该公司的创始人相信,通过为人工智能代理提供独立交易的第一条主要途径,他们正在为一个由新型非人类客户推动的新数字经济打开闸门。如果他们是对的,那么大多数企业可能很快就会受到激励,将USDC作为一种支付方式进行整合。

“人工智能代理将成为客户的下一个进化,”Sarhangi说。

Skyfire目前可以免费使用,但表示可能很快会对交易收取2%至3%的费用。然而,它认为其长期价值在于从增加对新兴人工智能代理经济信心的附加服务中获取资源,例如验证接受其付款的企业。

该公司还加倍努力为客户提供护栏功能,例如控制人工智能代理在钱包中可以获得多少钱,为交易设定支出限制,并制定规则要求代理始终选择价格较低的商品和服务。

如果未来真的会有20个机器人到处跑,花你的钱,Skyfire打赌信任可能很快就会成为互联网上最热门的商品之一。

由Ryan Ozawa编辑。

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