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Vitalik Buterin updated on several CROPS AI related developments and pointed out that there is a clear intersection between the "CROPS Ethereum access layer" and "CROPS AI." He stated that if remote large language models could be called for payment through zero-knowledge proofs, it could also be used to solve the Ethereum private RPC reading issue.Meanwhile, Deepseek v4 has been released, and the 2-bit quantization version can run within 90 GB, but currently runs faster on Apple hardware; the messaging app messa has supported Telegram Alpha features; the model running tool luceb has shown higher efficiency when running intensive models; the local AI recording tool VoxTerm is still under continuous development. Vitalik Buterin also mentioned that large language models fine-tuned for specific applications will help improve secure code writing capabilities, and corresponding fine-tuned models should be available for Ethereum-related scenarios.

According to official news, the Ethereum Foundation has launched the Ethereum Audit Subsidy Program, a collaborative project initiated with audit service providers, aimed at subsidizing the costs of security audits for Ethereum developers.Security audits are industry best practices, but they can be expensive. The goal of this subsidy program is to make audits more affordable, thereby enhancing the security of the entire Ethereum ecosystem. Under the Ethereum Foundation's "Trillion Dollar Security Program," this project collaborates with organizations such as Areta, Nethermind, and Chainlink Labs to review applications, helping developers building CROPS and new use cases on Ethereum to obtain more affordable audit services.