August 3, 2025 – Breaking NFT News

NFTs at Your Fingertips: Inside Japan’s NFT Vending Machine Trend

NFT vending machines are appearing across Japan, offering instant access to digital collectibles without the need for crypto wallets or…

Off the Grid (OTG) is making waves in the NFT gaming market, and early skin holders are already seeing real profits.…

After months of market stagnation, NFTs appear to be turning a corner. July brought a decisive shift in momentum—NFT trading volume, average…

Building a high performance data and AI organization (2nd edition)

Four years is a lifetime when it comes to artificial intelligence. Since the first edition of this study was published in 2021, AI’s capabilities have been advancing at speed, and the advances have not slowed since generative AI’s breakthrough. For example, multimodality— the ability to process information not only as... Read more
The AI Hype Index: Data centers’ neighbors are pivoting to power blackouts

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Just about all businesses these days seem to be pivoting to AI, even when they don’t seem to... Read more
DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember

An AI model released by Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI’s ability to “remember.” Released last week, the optical character recognition (OCR) model works by extracting text from an image and turning it into machine-readable words. This is the same technology that powers scanner... Read more