Don Song, the UC Berkeley professor who founded the privacy-preserving Oasis Blockchain, has joined Meta Superintelligence Labs as vice president of artificial intelligence research, according to the British Daily Mail. Original report. Song will lead the lab’s AI safety and AI security, along with several core members of Virtue AI who are also making the move. The appointment moves one of the cryptocurrency space’s most accredited researchers into the heart of big tech’s AI, while her blockchain project’s native token sits at $0.006 – 99% below its all-time high of $0.596.
The timing exacerbates the discrepancy that has been accumulating throughout the year. Oasis Labs raised $45 million in 2018 from heavyweight backers including a16z Crypto, Accel, Binance Labs, Pantera, and Polychain, pitching blockchain technology that can power confidential smart contracts.
