Gaia CEO: "Decentralized AI Protects Data Sovereignty, Differentiates from DeepSeek and ChatGPT" [CoinTerview]

Interview with Matt Wright, Gaia Network CEO

Decentralized AI Platform

Assists in Creating Personalized AI

Provides Rewards to Participants

Recently, interest in AI platforms has reignited with the emergence of the AI platform 'DeepSeek' in China, following a period of relative quiet. Simultaneously, issues such as privacy concerns, bias, and security vulnerabilities in centralized AI platforms like DeepSeek and ChatGPT are surfacing.

The decentralized AI platform 'Gaia Network' has expressed its commitment to overcome these limitations of centralized AI platforms. On the 18th, Matt Wright, CEO of Gaia, stated in an interview with BloomingBit, "Decentralized AI reduces privacy concerns of centralized AI models and enables personalized AI training."

"Gaia Grants Data Ownership and Creates Revenue Opportunities"

Centralized AI models operate applications where specific companies train their Large Language Models (LLMs) on central servers. All data is transmitted to and processed on central servers. User-input data may be used for training on these central servers. This presents major drawbacks: difficulty in maintaining user data sovereignty and risks of data leaks and privacy breaches due to server hacking or corporate policies.

In contrast, Gaia Network, a decentralized AI platform, operates AI models through distributed node systems rather than central servers. All data is stored and processed through various distributed nodes. This structure prevents any single entity from monopolizing data and allows users to directly manage their data access permissions.

Based on this structure, Gaia helps users develop their own AI agents without depending on AI companies. CEO Wright explained, "Through Gaia, users can directly control their computing resources and data, and build customized AI systems using various open-source LLMs," adding, "Gaia helps people create personalized AI agents without relying on AI companies."

He also expressed confidence that decentralized AI like Gaia can provide users with revenue-generating opportunities. Wright emphasized, "While centralized AI companies like OpenAI collect and profit from user data, decentralized AI creates opportunities for users to gain economic benefits directly from their own data."

Expanding Ecosystem through Gaia Domain Name and XP Program

Gaia is expanding its decentralized AI ecosystem with the recent launch of 'Gaia Domain Name (GDN)'. Wright explained, "GDN provides optimal information when AI agents perform specific tasks," adding, "For example, when a user wants to 'translate to Korean,' the domain connects to the most suitable node for that task instead of searching the entire internet."

Domain operators can build specialized knowledge bases on specific topics to provide more valuable information to developers and users. For instance, a 'Korea AI' domain provider can build and provide AI knowledge specialized for the Korean market. Gaia is currently considering features that allow domain providers to manage their own transactions and coordinate interactions with AI agents.

Additionally, Gaia recently unveiled its XP program for community rewards. This program is designed to reward end users, node operators, and domain operators who contribute to activating the Gaia network. CEO Wright stated, "As the network becomes active, staking will become possible, and participants supporting this will receive rewards," adding, "The exact reward model will be announced later."

"Aiming to Launch Official Network This Year... Great Interest in Korean Market"

CEO Wright also revealed Gaia's overall future plans. He stated, "Until now, Gaia has been a kind of test network, and we plan to launch the official network early this year," adding, "This will include building an ecosystem supporting staking and validating nodes and domains."

He also expressed interest in the Korean market. CEO Wright said, "As AI transitions from research-focused to application-focused, we expect the Asian market to play an important role, and accordingly, we will focus on the Korean market." Specifically, Gaia plans to support developers in easily learning decentralized AI technology through hackathons, accelerator programs, and venture builder programs in Korea.