Pearl's AI mining pitch faces a 112 MW usefulness test
A June preprint claims Pearl's GPU network is doing random matrix math, not verified AI work, challenging Omri Weinstein's core bet.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Tom's Hardware
Why it matters
Pearl is trying to make proof-of-work useful by tying mining to AI matrix math. The new preprint challenges whether its live network verifies usefulness at all.
Omri Weinstein, the theoretical computer scientist behind Pearl Research Labs, has been trying to solve one of crypto's oldest credibility problems: how to make proof-of-work useful. A June 3rd preprint now argues Pearl has built the hard part of that system - a live GPU-secured blockchain - without proving the work is useful AI computation.…
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