Sam Altman's Worldcoin launches to prove you're human in an AI world
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just officially launched Worldcoin, rolling out its iris-scanning World ID to tell real humans apart from AI bots. The project is expanding 1,500 eyeball-scanning Orbs across 35 cities in 20 countries. Why it matters: as generative AI floods the web, Altman is betting biometrics on the blockchain is the only way to safeguard human identity and enable universal basic income.