'World' project, led by 'Sam Altman', officially launched in the United States, targeting six major cities:
Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco.
As part of a plan to deploy 7,500 eye iris scanning balls by the end of the year, as part of building a global system for verifying human identity online.
The project, supported by blockchain technology, is based on issuing digital tokens in exchange for users verifying their biometric identity using silver balls, aiming to create a 'global ID' that distinguishes real humans from robots and AI-supported digital entities.
Sam Altman, the project's founder, asserts that this step is necessary to protect human centrality in a digital environment dominated by artificial intelligence.
In conjunction with the expansion in the United States, 'World' announced a set of new features, including the availability of crypto-backed loans through the 'Morpho' platform, exploring prediction markets, alongside plans to launch a Visa card that allows the use of digital currencies in daily transactions.
Despite the recent expansion and the new features announced, the project still raises a lot of controversy regarding privacy.
Where, despite the company's assurances that biometric data is not stored, but is only used to verify that the user is human, the project faces increasing criticism.
Recently, authorities in Kenya raided 'World' facilities, suspended operations in Hong Kong, while Germany ordered the deletion of biometric data for violating data protection laws. In Brazil, restrictions remain in place, despite the company's compliance attempts, while the project is under investigation in Singapore regarding allegations of misuse of its accounts in illegal activities.