Is Tether’s New AI Venture the Future or Just Sci-Fi Nonsense?

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Well, brace yourselves. The fine folks behind the world’s largest stablecoin are now taking a plunge into the wild and wacky world of artificial intelligence. Yes, you read that right—Tether is getting into AI. What could possibly go wrong? 🤖

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, ever the visionary, announced that his company is launching a peer-to-peer AI platform that promises to change the very fabric of the universe. And no, this isn’t some dystopian plotline from a 1950s sci-fi novel—this is *real* life. Or so they say.

And how does Ardoino envision this all playing out? Well, he’s drawing inspiration from none other than Isaac Asimov, whose robots famously obey the Three Laws of Robotics. Apparently, Tether AI’s sole purpose is to bring Asimov’s futuristic tech dreams to life. He boldly declares:

“Tether AI has one key goal: to be the ideal technological foundation to achieve the vision of AI described in Asimov’s science fiction books.”
“AI will become, in the coming decades, part of the very fabric of the universe. Our technology will be open source, transparent, scalable, and capable of adapting and evolving on any device, regardless of hardware.”

Got that? Basically, they’re making AI so universal that your toaster might be smarter than you by next Thursday. 🥴

But wait, there’s more! In case you thought they were just moonlighting in the AI space, Tether also has big plans for a new US-dollar-pegged crypto asset, which they plan to launch by the end of the year. Oh, and Ardoino might have had a hand in crafting key legislation like the GENIUS Act—because, of course, there’s a bill for everything these days.

And just to add to the drama, Ardoino insists that no company, not even those “traditional” finance folks, is as cozy with law enforcement as Tether. Apparently, they’re all about blocking criminal activity with tools that “traditional financial systems” can only dream of. That’s right, folks. Tether is basically the superhero of the crypto world, keeping the villains at bay with their superior tech.

“There is no company… even in the traditional financial system, that has such a breadth of collaboration with law enforcement. We are always trying to do better and more to block criminal activity… we have much better tools than the traditional financial system and we’re proving that every day.”

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2025-05-05 21:44