OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project has launched its eye-scanning Orbs in the UK.
The project provides users with a digital “World ID” and WLD crypto rewards.
Worldcoin is engaging with UK regulators to address privacy concerns over its technology.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is expanding his futuristic identity verification project, World, to the United Kingdom. Launching this week in London, the initiative aims to verify users as human in a world increasingly overrun by AI-generated content and deep fakes. The technology relies on a custom hardware device called “the Orb,” which performs an in-person scan of a person’s iris and face.
This scan generates a unique, private code used to create a “World ID,” a digital passport that verifies the holder as a unique human being. Altman’s team believes that as generative AI becomes more pervasive, traditional authentication methods are no longer sufficient to distinguish humans from bots.
How ‘The Orb’ Works and Why It Comes With Crypto Rewards
The Orb device does more than just verify identity. After completing their first scan, users receive a portion of Worldcoin’s native cryptocurrency, WLD. This c…
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