Near Protocol has unveiled a new crosschain AI agent in alpha that can launch memecoins in seconds and search the web to buy products for fiat. Additional functionality coming soon is expected to enable users to book flights or order takeaway food on Web2 sites. The NEAR.AI Assistant was launched by co-founder Illia Polusukhin at the Redacted conference in Bangkok on Oct. 10 local time, where the protocol has also announced an ambitious plan to build the world’s largest open-source AI model. Polusukhin demonstrated the capabilities of the AI Assistant by using it to spin up a backstory, websit…