- Fetch.ai introduces ASI-1 Mini
- This is an agent-based multi-modal LLM integrated with Web3
- Еhree-layered AI system is built on MoE, MoM, and MoA models
- Fetch.ai claims high efficiency and low cost
- It also features a context window of up to 10 million tokens
- ASI-1 Mini integrates with Web3 wallets, decentralized AI infrastructures
- It has integration with $FET token for decentralized managing AI interactions
Fetch.ai has taken another significant step toward merging blockchain and AI, releasing its agent-based LLM with integrated support for Web3 wallets, decentralized AI infrastructures, and the $FET token for decentralized management of the AI interaction.
Fetch.ai claims high efficiency and low cost model and powerful capabilities through a three-layered AI system with reasoning features, long-term memory, context window of 10 million tokens and black box solution.
Details about ASI-1 Mini From Fetch.ai
Fetch.ai claims extremely impressive capabilities for its model, perhaps even claiming to compete with major AI players. And if it seemed impossible before, the DeepSeek story has probably changed the attitude to it a lot.
So, the ASI-1 Mini enters the field of agent-based multi-modal LLM, bypassing the more generic solutions that came before it, and it’s probably a good run down the path that others have already traveled.
More specifically, LLM is built on three models:
- Mixture of Experts (MoE) serves as the foundational model, enabling a decentralized, efficient, and scalable system that optimizes speed, resource allocation, and autonomous decision-making across diverse tasks.
- Mixture of Models (MoM) architecture dynamically selects from multiple specialized models, each fine-tuned for specific tasks or data types.
- Mixture of Agents (MoA) framework consists of autonomous agents, each with independent reasoning, knowledge, and decision-making capabilities, collaborating seamlessly to solve complex tasks.
In general, this constitutes a three-layered AI system, the architecture of which Fetch.ai presents in the following way:
- Foundational Layer acts as the central intelligence and orchestration point.
- Specialization Layer (MoM Marketplace): This layer houses a collection of AI models (MoMs) with various specializations, created and offered through the ASI: platform.
- Action Layer (Agents on Agentverse): This layer consists of a variety of agents, each with specific capabilities, such as Managing live databases, Integrating external APIs, Facilitating decentralized workflows, and Executing real-time business logic.
From an engineering standpoint, this is a well-structured and modern approach that, if implemented correctly, could indeed deliver the stated capabilities.
Fetch.ai claims the rather impressive power of its model, and the results of independent researchers are yet to be evaluated. Anyway, Fetch.ai promises that the model has Up to 10 million tokens, operates seamlessly on just two GPUs, showing 8x greater hardware efficiency, reduced infrastructure costs, and increased scalability. However, Fetch.ai does not specify which GPUs are meant, and specific benchmarks are not presented yet.
Fetch.ai also claims to have made significant progress in overcoming the black box problem, which is that it is difficult to explain the results of LLMs because it is not entirely clear what happens between input and output. While this problem has been significantly solved with the advent of reasoning itself, the company claims to have gone even further by introducing continuous multi-step reasoning, enabling real-time corrections, optimized decision-making, and greater reliability.
A key advantage and distinctive feature of Fetch.ai is its focus on Web3 integration, specifically:
- Decentralized Ownership and Learning Models: Network participants can train, invest in, and own AI models through tokenized mechanisms.
- AI automation in Web3 environments: ASI-1 Mini can interact with Web3 smart contracts, APIs, and AgentVerse agent systems to enable complex autonomous processes.
- Secure AI transactions: By integrating with the $FET token, ASI-1 Mini enables autonomous, secure and managed AI interactions without a central intermediary.
Overall, the quote by Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai and chairman of the ASI Alliance perfectly expresses the approach, goals and priorities of this:
“ASI-1 Mini is the first major product from the ASI Alliance’s innovation stack, marking the beginning of the ASI: rollout and a new era of community-owned AI. This launch sets the foundation for a decentralized ecosystem where the Web3 community can invest, train, and directly benefit from cutting-edge AI models. ASI-1 Mini is just the start—over the coming days, we will be rolling out advanced agentic tool-calling, expanded multi-modal capabilities, and deeper Web3 integrations. With these enhancements, ASI-1 Mini will drive agentic automation while ensuring that AI’s value creation remains in the hands of those who fuel its growth.”
Conclusion
This is yet another attempt to combine two cutting-edge and reshaping technologies of the 21st century, but it’s still hard to resist celebrating how fundamental it is and the potential of this particular initiative.
A full-fledged and advanced competitor in the AI industry from the Web3 world that seeks to decentralize the very approaches to creating, training, and distributing advanced models would be a great thing.
And maybe the engineering side won’t be as strong as first thought, or the business model may not live up to its potential, or the benchmark results may not impress as many would like – but it would be a great move either way.
However, while some are trying to decentralize the development of AI models on blockchain – others are already implementing and adapting them in the crypto industry, for example, for crypto trading, as Velvet Capital recently announced.
This is not the only such initiative either, and major players have long recognized the potential of AI for trading. Find out exactly how AI and ML models are helping to make trading more efficient now in our in-depth technical breakdown.
Be aware and stay tuned for updates to keep your strategy balanced in the rapidly evolving crypto, blockchain, and technological landscape.
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