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Coin Geek
20-05-2025
- Business
- Coin Geek
Google's Gemini 2.5 ranks first in coding charts, AI IQ tests
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Google's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Gemini 2.5 has come out on top across a range of artificial intelligence (AI) testing benchmarks, outperforming the rest of its peers. According to the rankings, the AI chatbot sits on top of the leaderboard on WebDev Arena, an AI ranking site for coding. A quick scan of WebDev Arena reveals that Gemini 2.5 ranks ahead of Claude and ChatGPT 4 in standardized coding tests for large language models (LLMs). Apart from setting the pace in coding functionalities, Gemini 2.5 also clinched first place in creative writing and style control. When placed in standardized IQ tests, Gemini 2.5 outclassed its peers to achieve an IQ of 124 on the Mensa Norway test. However, the model scored 115 in offline mode, ranking in joint second place with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Gemini 2.5 scored 86.7% and 84% on the AIME 2025 math test and the GPQA science assessment, respectively. Despite scoring only 18.8% on Humanity's Last Exam, Gemini came first, outperforming Claude 3.7 Sonnet and OpenAI's o3. Gemini 2.5's successes across the board are propped by its context window, allowing up to 1 million tokens. Its closest competitors, Claude and ChatGPT's flagship models, are only designed to handle 128K tokens, with Gemini 2.5 ranking above the field. Google has unveiled plans to expand the context window to 2 million tokens. 'Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before responding, resulting in enhanced performance and improved accuracy,' said Google in a statement during its commercial release. A pro version pushes the frontiers for Gemini 2.5, with costs starting at $2.50 and $15.00 for input and output costs. Google's Gemini 2.5 is significantly cheaper than its peers, offering advanced enterprise functionalities, including blockchain-based smart contract audits. Real-world AI use cases heat up Apart from the academic discourse around AI models, real-world applications are rising. AI chatbots are changing the landscape in the workplace, offering automation and advanced personalization perks for consumers. Governments are also turning to AI to improve the scope of public services for citizens, but concerns over misuse remain. The UN has warned of the potential risks stemming from AI abuse, including censorship and the proliferation of fake news, while authorities are cracking down on misuse in financial markets. Microsoft-funded Space and Time goes live with an array of major builders Space and Time, a new blockchain project, has launched its mainnet to offer advanced data infrastructure using zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs. According to the press statement, the project will bring ZK-proven data infrastructure to digital asset service providers. Designed by MakeInfinite Labs, the project offers service providers with decentralized and verifiable databases. Space and Time allow developers to access large datasets off-chain and verify their accuracy on-chain using smart contracts. The Microsoft-backed Space and Time leans on major distributed ledgers to index data while providing a safe platform for developers to query gleaned data via its proprietary Proof of SQL. Space and Time's Proof of SQL mechanism verifies that an SQL query on a dataset is accurate despite off-chain computations. Each query result is wrapped as a ZK proof and submitted to a distributed ledger for smart contracts to verify their proof. 'Prior to Space and Time, onchain applications had no way to query basic user data from a database of blockchain activity without introducing security risks and tampering,' said Space and Time co-founder Scott Dykstra. The use cases in digital asset verticals are broad, with decentralized finance (DeFi) applications racking the most utility. Service providers and developers can confirm asset prices without exposing price feeds. Furthermore, DeFi protocols can update interest rates using ZK proof-based data infrastructures while leaning on the offering for Proof-of-Reserves. Video game developers can provide on-chain rewards based on in-game activities, while decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) can use the offering for automated treasury activities. The project is off to a good start with Dykstra confirming that major technology giants are building with Space and Time's expansive solutions. Google BigQuery and Azure are leaning on Space and Time as the project braces for an avalanche of users in the coming weeks. Blockchain use cases outside DeFi continue to surge Outside of DeFi, blockchain records myriad utilities across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and supply chain. To stifle the trend of AI misinformation, researchers are turning to blockchain to fight bias and deepfakes, with one report tagging the technology as the missing link for trust. Blockchain is also being used in public services, with governments rolling out Web3-based solutions around subsidies and digital IDs. An integration of blockchain with IoT is tipped to solve a slew of climate change issues, with previous use cases in agriculture yielding benefits. In order for artificial intelligence (AI) to work right within the law and thrive in the face of growing challenges, it needs to integrate an enterprise blockchain system that ensures data input quality and ownership—allowing it to keep data safe while also guaranteeing the immutability of data. 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Business Mayor
10-05-2025
- Business
- Business Mayor
Space and Time Launches on Mainnet to Power a New Generation of Data-Driven Crypto Apps
Advertisment San Francisco, California, May 8th, 2025, Chainwire Microsoft-backed Space and Time is the blockchain for ZK-proven data. Space and Time, the Microsoft-backed blockchain for zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data, is live on its public, permissionless mainnet. Space and Time is designed to deliver ZK-proven data to smart contracts to power a new generation of data-driven crypto applications. It indexes data from other major blockchains, including Ethereum, and stores it across a decentralized network of database validators. Developers can access, query ZK-prove and connect this data back to their smart contract using Proof of SQL, Space and Time's sub-second ZK coprocessor for SQL database queries. 'Prior to Space and Time, onchain applications had no way to query basic user data from a database of blockchain activity without introducing security risks and tampering. In addition, enterprises had no way to securely connect their cloud databases with smart contracts. Today we're thrilled to announce the mainnet launch of Space and Time, which will empower developers to build sophisticated, data-driven onchain applications secured by cryptographic proofs,' said Scott Dykstra, Contributor #001 at Space and Time. Smart contracts today can't natively access historical, cross-chain or offchain data, which limits the complexity of onchain apps. The next wave of onchain innovation—spanning everything from dynamic financial instruments to data-rich AI agents and tokenized real-world systems—will require a trustless database layer for complex data retrieval. Space and Time enables this with a verifiable, decentralized database network that gives smart contracts the ability to query the full history of Ethereum and beyond. Read More Bitcoin Tax Strategies for a Runaway Fiscal Train Space and Time was created by MakeInfinite Labs, a frontier protocol research lab that is backed by Microsoft and working alongside major financial institutions. In addition to its work on Space and Time, the firm has developed key technologies to the broader crypto ecosystem, such as Proof of SQL, Blitzar, an Elastic Network ZK Chain for Space and Time, and Chainlink DeFi Yield Index. 'At MakeInfinite Labs, we're focused on building foundational infrastructure to enable the next generation of crypto applications. Contributing core technologies like Proof of SQL and the original architecture of Space and Time is part of that vision. We're excited to see the ecosystem take this work forward and unlock new possibilities for verifiable, data-driven applications,' said Nate Holiday, CEO of MakeInfinite Labs & Co-Founder of Space and Time. Space and Time is secured by a decentralized set of validators, and anyone can contribute to the network by providing high-quality datasets, staking or running a validator node. About Space and Time Space and Time is the blockchain for ZK-proven data, which enables smart contracts to trustlessly access and compute over data from any chain or source. Powered by Proof of SQL, a sub-second ZK coprocessor, Space and Time empowers developers to build more intelligent, data-rich applications with verifiable data. For more information, visit: Website | X | Discord | Telegram | LinkedIn | YouTube For media inquiries, please contact: marketing@ About MakeInfinite Labs MakeInfinite Labs is a frontier protocol research lab contributing to some of the most prominent protocols and ecosystems across crypto, including the creation of Space and Time. MakeInfinite Labs raised $50 million from Microsoft's M12 Ventures and other leading investors to build the infrastructure that enables developers and creators to build data-driven applications, tokenize and monetize and win in the AI economy. For more information, visit: Website | X | LinkedIn For media inquiries, please contact: marketing@ Contact
