Near AI is set to launch an encrypted chat platform this month or early next month, NEAR up 11.6% in 24 hours According to Near co-founder Ilia Polosukhin on the Rollup TV podcast, Near AI will roll out an encrypted chat platform this month or early next month, aiming to replace existing tools like ChatGPT. This product uses end-to-end encryption to ensure user data privacy, allowing users to grant data decryption permissions in a controlled environment, enhancing the security and personalization of AI services. Additionally, the platform will serve as a developer tool, enabling new applications to access data context based on user permissions, driving rapid growth of innovative apps. At the same time, NEAR positions itself as an "AI blockchain," developing frameworks like Shade Agents to enable autonomous bots to operate cross-chain while protecting data privacy. Shade Agents combine Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) with NEAR's decentralized key management technology, supporting cross-chain transactions, interactions with AI models, asset management, and privacy-preserving computation—offering the flexibility of Web2 with the verifiability of Web3. According to OKX market data, NEAR has risen 11.6% in the past 24 hours.