Theta Labsdeveloper behind entertainment-focused blockchain project Theta Networkown Launching EdgeCloud for Mobilewhich allows Android users to donate spare GPU power to the Theta EdgeCloud network and earn TFUEL tokens. According to the team: “Available on Google Play, the app allows users to provision resources during their downtime, supporting AI research in media, healthcare, and finance. Using a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN), Theta EdgeCloud cuts the cost of GPU-intensive tasks by over 50% compared to traditional cloud providers, offering scalable decentralized AI model training and inference services.” The blog post reads: “For the first time, the Theta team has deployed a video object detection AI (VOD_AI) model running on a consumer-grade Android mobile device, delivering true computing at the edge and enabling unmatched scalability and reach. VOD_AI is a computer vision technique that uses AI to analyze video frames to identify objects by scanning the video frame, looking for potential objects, and drawing bounding boxes around them. This process is similar to how the human visual cortex works.” (TETO)
