Crypto: Solana-based Natix Brings Depin Data Into Self-driving AI With Valeo

Natix and Valeo are building a decentralized, self-driving camera model to offer a transparent foundation for the safe mainstream deployment of physical AIs.

Automotive technology supplier Valeo and Natix Network, a Solana-based decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) provider, have partnered to build an open-source, artificial intelligence (AI) multi-camera model aimed at improving autonomous driving systems.

The two companies said Thursday they are building what they call the World Foundation Model (WFM), which they say will be able to learn and predict real-world motion, while adapting to traffic situations.

The multi-camera model aims to push the boundaries of AI models from text-based understanding to real-world scenarios in physical environments, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. It also aims to advance research into autonomous driving.

Valeo and Natix pledged to openly release their models, datasets and training tools to enable developers to fine-tune these capabilities. The first version of the WFM model is expected to be ready within the next couple of months, a spokesperson for Natix told Cointelegraph.

Autonomous driving startup Wayve is already using WFMs in its vehicles, including a test in which a vehicle navigated parts of Las Vegas with no prior training in the city, according to material shared by the company’s CEO, Alex Kendall, on Friday.

WFM is part of the wider DePIN sector, which merges blockchain technology with community-owned physical infrastructure to create decentralized networks where participants can contribute resources, such as computing power, in exchange for cryptocurrency.

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The ultimate goal of the WFM self-driving camera model is to safely and responsibly “advance mobility intelligence” and the advent of autonomous vehicles, said Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo’s Brain Division.

Alireza Ghods, co-founder and CEO of Natix, sees WFMs as a generational opportunity similar to the rise of large language models (LLMs) from 2017 to 2020.

Source: CoinTelegraph