New York, USA, 11th September 2025, Argentum AI (AAI) has unveiled a new decentralized computing platform aimed at bridging the gap between surging global demand for AI computation and the vast reserves of idle computing capacity around the world. By directly connecting those in need of processing power with those who can supply it, AAI promises to dramatically reduce costs by up to 85% compared to traditional cloud providers while fostering a transparent, community-driven ecosystem for cloud infrastructure.

In today’s cloud computing market, a handful of providers dominate, leading to exorbitant prices, hardware shortages, and underutilized resources. AI startups and researchers often struggle to access affordable high-performance compute, even as many servers and GPUs sit idle in data centers and homes. This mismatch between soaring demand and unused supply has created an inefficient, fractured market where buyers overpay or go without, and hardware owners see expensive machines sit idle. AAI was conceived to solve this “exchange problem” by establishing an open marketplace where any provider – from a large data center to a home PC owner – can offer compute power directly to those who need it. In this network, every task request is published for multiple providers to bid on, yielding real-time competitive pricing instead of the fixed, often inflated rates of traditional clouds. By leveraging decentralization, AAI maximizes the use of untapped capacity and prevents any single supplier from monopolizing the market, leveling the playing field for providers of all sizes. 

What sets AAI apart from earlier peer-to-peer cloud efforts is its strong emphasis on a human-centric, trust-based design. While blockchain smart contracts automate transactions behind the scenes, the platform avoids opaque “black box” algorithms and corporate gatekeeping, opting instead for on-chain transparency and community governance to ensure fairness. Users will be able to review provider reputations and performance metrics, and even help shape marketplace rules via decentralized governance (e.g., quadratic voting by token holders), giving the community confidence that the system is equitable and not dominated by hidden interests. This user-first approach is intended to build trust among participants and lower the barrier to entry for newcomers to decentralized technology.

“AI innovation is global — compute is not. Argentum AI is solving that gap by creating the world’s largest decentralized compute marketplace.” — Andrew Sobko, CEO of Argentum AI

For efficiency and usability, AAI also employs artificial intelligence as a “smart mediator” in the network. A sophisticated AI scheduling agent dynamically matches each incoming job to the most suitable provider, taking into account cost, performance, reliability, and even energy efficiency to ensure tasks are executed quickly and cheaply. This intelligent automation optimizes resource use beyond what static cloud systems can offer, yet it is deployed with human oversight – users retain control and a clear view of how decisions are made for their workloads. In practice, that means AAI’s users can both benefit from AI-driven optimizations and maintain full transparency and choice in how their tasks run, combining the best of automation with personal control.

Overall, AAI’s vision is to marry the best aspects of decentralized technology with a user-friendly, trust-first philosophy. The result is a win–win proposition: requesters of computing power enjoy vastly lower costs and shorter wait times for AI processing (a game-changer for AI development speed), while providers of hardware earn income from equipment that would otherwise sit idle. “It’s a win-win solution that solves the pain points of both sides at once,” the AAI whitepaper notes, underscoring how the platform serves where both the centralized cloud and previous solutions have fallen short. With global demand for AI computation at an all-time high and trust in centralized cloud giants on the decline, the timing is ideal for AAI’s community-driven model to take hold. By unlocking latent computing capacity on a global scale, AAI aims to usher in a more decentralized and fair future for cloud infrastructure – one where computing power is accessible, affordable, and controlled by its users rather than a few big players.

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In August, volunteers from the Church of Scientology’s Drug-Free World campaign carried out a nationwide grassroots effort across France, distributing over 10,500 educational booklets, engaging hundreds of shop owners and educators, and gathering youth pledges to stay drug-free. Operating without government funding, the initiative reached major cities and rural towns alike — from Marseille and Toulouse to Brittany and Normandy — at a time when drug-related deaths and emergency visits are on the rise. By bringing prevention directly to streets, schools, and communities, the campaign filled a critical gap in France’s drug strategy, offering a clear and urgent message: “Just say no to drugs.”

PARIS — While French health officials continue to prioritize “harm reduction” policies — from supervised injection sites to cannabis decriminalization debates — a different kind of drug prevention intervention is unfolding on sidewalks, in shops, and outside schools across the country.

Led by volunteers from the Church of Scientology under its Drug-Free World banner, a nationwide august campaign distributed more than 10,500 educational booklets, engaged hundreds of merchants and educators, and collected dozens of youth pledges — all centered on a simple, unfashionable message: Just say no to drugs.

The campaign, which ran throughout August, reached Marseille’s northern neighborhoods, Brittany’s coastal towns, Toulouse’s public squares, and Paris’ Opera Garnier — turning everyday spaces into impromptu prevention zones.

It is an effort that operates largely outside state funding or institutional endorsement. Yet in a country where drug-induced deaths reached 614 in 2022 — a figure described by the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) as “continuing an upward trend since 2010” — and where emergency room visits for cocaine use nearly doubled between 2011 and 2021, according to Sante Publique France, the campaign’s persistence — and its reception among educators, health professionals, and local merchants — suggests it is filling a gap that official policy has yet to fully address.

A Campaign Built on Boots, Not Bureaucracy: The August rollout was methodical, decentralized, and hyper-local.

On August 19 in Marseille, volunteers distributed 600 booklets and secured agreements with seven local shops to display materials. A week later in La Fleche, in western France, 847 booklets went out — 30 businesses signed on, and a schoolteacher took three copies to use in classroom prevention sessions.

In Sochaux, a former industrial town in eastern France where economic decline has coincided with rising substance use, 400 booklets were handed out on August 24.

By August 28, volunteers in southwestern France had placed 1,000 booklets with 53 merchants — pharmacists, cafés, tobacco shops — effectively turning storefronts into community outposts for drug education.

The campaign’s centerpiece in Marseille on August 30 drew 750 booklet distributions, with dozens signing the “Drug-Free Ambassador” pledges — including two girls, ages 8 and 10, whose father walked them through each commitment point — and two recorded audio testimonials. One woman, now in her 30s, told volunteers she first encountered the material as a teenager: “My mother left the booklet in the bathroom. I read it out of curiosity. That was 15 years ago — but it stayed with me.”

The campaign’s “Impaired Vision Goggles,” which simulate the motor and cognitive effects of cannabis use, proved particularly effective. A young couple who initially dismissed them as a gimmick tried the exercise — and left shaken. “We couldn’t walk straight or catch a ball,” one admitted. “It made us rethink everything.”

In Toulouse the same day, at Place Jeanne d’Arc, volunteers distributed 280 booklets and engaged specialized educators, retired ambulance drivers, and young adults with direct experience of drug-related loss — including one man whose friend began smoking cannabis at 14 and later died by suicide.

A tattoo artist and YouTuber took a full set of materials for her studio and her channel. “I’m going to make videos about this,” she told volunteers. “Thank you for being here.”

Paris: Where Policy Meets the Public

The most resonant stop came on August 30 in front of the Opera Garnier, where a mobile exhibit — organized by Drug-Free World France coordinator Nadine Vigneron — drew a good number of substantive conversations, distributed hundreds of booklets, and handed out DVDs and educator kits.

Among those who stopped: a criminal lawyer and president of a social association who requested bulk orders; special education teachers seeking classroom tools; and a psychologist from Sainte-Anne Hospital.

Speaking with volunteers, he said: “In my clinical experience, around 90% of the cases I treat developed mental health challenges after using drugs. Your prevention work is not just valuable — it’s essential.”

Mothers shared stories of children trapped in addiction without access to treatment. Young adults — some current or former users — asked questions, listened, and left visibly affected.

“A very inspiring work” Vigneron said. “This exhibit is high quality. Very noticeable. We’re bringing it to Nantes on September 20.”

The Final Push: 7,000 Booklets in One Day

The campaign’s largest single-day effort came on August 31, when volunteers blanketed Brittany and Normandy with 7,000 booklets distributed across 131 businesses — embedding prevention materials in rural pharmacies, seaside boutiques, and village cafés. Just door-to-door, hand-to-hand delivery.

The Data Behind the Drive

The campaign’s urgency is grounded in measurable trends:

According to the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), 13.4 million adults in France have tried cannabis. Of those, 1.6 million use it regularly. Cocaine-related emergency room visits nearly doubled between 2011 and 2021, per Sante Publique France. France recorded over 600 drug-induced deaths in 2022, with opioids involved in the majority, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Globally, 296 million people used drugs in 2021, and only one in five with drug use disorders received treatment, per the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Why It Matters

“On the ground, this campaign, inspired by the works of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, creates an impact that is neither abstract nor marginal“, said Ivan Arjona-Pelado, Scientology representative to the EU and the UN. “Teachers are using the materials. Shop owners are displaying them. Psychologists are endorsing them. Young people — including those who have already experimented — are stopping by to ask questions.“

In a policy environment where “harm reduction” dominates thanks to vested interests, and prevention is often relegated to after-school PSAs, this campaign offers something increasingly rare: a direct, unapologetic message that drug use carries serious, irreversible risks — and that avoiding it entirely is not only possible, but preferable.

“Whether that message scales beyond pamphlets and goggles it is up to each citizen and government officials, but I can guarantee you that Scientologists are putting their energy, time and passion so that it happens“, stated Arjona, “and now, in towns and cities across France, it’s being heard“.

Here’s a revised closing paragraph, smoothly bridging from a press release focused on drug prevention activities to a broader message about Scientology’s religious recognitions and humanitarian impact:

These recent drug prevention initiatives are part of the Church of Scientology’s longstanding commitment to creating a better world through practical solutions. Across the globe, Scientology-sponsored programs address some of society’s most urgent issues — from substance abuse and criminal rehabilitation to literacy, human rights education, and disaster response. This work, spearheaded and boosted by Scientology’s Ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige, has earned the Church and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, numerous humanitarian recognitions for their tangible contributions to the well-being of communities worldwide. At the same time, Scientology’s religious status has been officially recognized by governments and courts in countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Macedonia, among many others (scientologyreligion.org). Together, these acknowledgments reflect both the spiritual mission and the real-world impact of Scientology — a faith dedicated not only to spiritual advancement, but to practical action for a drug-free and ethical society.

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Dallas, Texas — Gold Coast Dental has officially expanded its presence into Texas with a new office in Dallas. The practice brings its commitment to patient-centered, community-based dental care to North Texas, making high-quality treatment accessible to families and individuals in the region.

Gold Coast Dental in Dallas provides a complete range of services, including orthodontics, pediatric care, cosmetic dentistry, implants, and emergency treatments. To encourage preventative care, new patients are welcomed with complimentary dental examinations, X-rays, and consultations. Same-day appointments and multilingual staff are available to ensure care is convenient and inclusive for the city’s diverse population.

“Our Dallas expansion marks an exciting milestone,” said a spokesperson for Gold Coast Dental. “Patients searching for a ‘dentist near you in Dallas’ can now access the same trusted care that has supported families across California. We’re dedicated to making dental visits approachable and stress-free.”

Leadership and Vision

Gold Coast Dental is led by Chief Executive Officer Alan Boval, who brings more than 30 years of experience in business management, real estate, and technology. Boval earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and a BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His career includes leadership roles at Toyota Financial Services, Thomson Reuters, and Better Blocks LLC.

Note: While Gold Coast Dental has expanded into Texas with its Dallas office, the organization also proudly operates 19 dental clinics across California, serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and Santa Barbara counties.

Resources

Alongside in-office care, Gold Coast Dental offers a dental blog that shares patient-friendly insights on oral health, dental treatments, and the latest advancements in dentistry. This platform is designed to inform both patients and the wider Dallas community.

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Organization: Gold Coast Dental Corporate Office

Contact Person: Alan Boval

Website: https://goldcoastdental.com

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Contact Number: +15622421411

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