This AI Rollup podcast episode discusses the paradox of booming AI innovation amidst a struggling crypto market, particularly impacting AI-related crypto tokens. The hosts analyze the reasons behind institutional bullishness contrasted with retail bearishness, suggesting a market "detox" from speculative trading. They then explore recent AI advancements, including Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash and the implications of increasingly realistic AI-generated content. Finally, they delve into the performance of various AI crypto tokens, noting the significant downturn in the sector and highlighting the potential for value creation in the application layer rather than the model layer itself, exemplified by a Bittensor subnet generating $22 million in trading profits. The discussion concludes with an analysis of Pluralis Research, a company aiming to create a decentralized network for training and monetizing proprietary AI models.
