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The Solana Foundation has unveiled the integration of AI into the Solana blockchain, made possible via a ChatGPT plugin crafted by Solana Labs<\/a>. This event stands as a first \u2013 the inaugural occasion of a Layer 1 blockchain joining forces with AI.<\/p>\n The said ChatGPT plugin, available for download<\/a> from Github, provides users with an easy-to-navigate method to engage with Solana data and protocols. It comes in handy when purchasing NFTs, transferring tokens, scrutinising transactions, decoding public account data, and pinpointing NFT collections according to their floor price.<\/p>\n Solana co-founder and the helm at Solana Labs, Anatoly Yakovenko, underlined the significance of this development: \u201cEvery developer building consumer-oriented apps should be thinking about how their app is going to be interacted with through an AI model because this is a new paradigm for telling computers what to do,\u201d Yakovenko said. \u201cAI will make Solana more usable and understandable.\u201d<\/p>\n Yakovenko referred to Solana\u2019s distinguishing features\u2014fast throughput, minimal costs, and an intuitive interface\u2014indicating that these factors facilitate the seamless and efficient interaction of AI models with the network. Despite this initiative being at the dawn of its implementation, Solana is gradually cementing its position as a pivotal hub of growing AI activity<\/a> in the web3 space.<\/p>\n The Solana Foundation is initiating two key moves to hasten the fusion of AI within Solana. Firstly, they\u2019re escalating the funds allocated to their strategic grants program, catering to AI-focused projects, from an initially announced $1 million to an upper limit of $10 million. This program, crafted to encourage the investigation of new machine learning model use cases within Solana protocols, has already received 50 applications.<\/p>\nStreamlined NFT and Blockchain Interactions via AI<\/h2>\n
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