“Sam Altman Introduces a New Orb and Renames his Eye-Scanning Crypto Project”

   The cryptocurrency and human identity network known as Worldcoin, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has rebranded to World. With this change, World has unveiled an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device, aimed at addressing the futuristic challenge of verifying human identity in the era of artificial intelligence. Users who join the platform receive a World ID, allowing them to demonstrate their humanity securely and anonymously online, as well as receive a portion of the associated WLD cryptocurrency. The latest Orb model features a 30% reduction in components compared to its predecessor, promising simplified and cost-effective manufacturing. Additionally, it now incorporates Nvidia’s robotics and AI platform, Jetson, a decision not entirely explained. Rich Heley, Chief Device Officer of Tools for Humanity, the organization supporting the World project, highlighted that this streamlined design is intended to facilitate broader access to the Orb. “To provide access to every human, we need more Orbs. Lots more Orbs. Probably on the order of a thousand times more Orbs than we have today,” Heley said. “Not only more Orbs but more Orbs in more places.” In addition to ramping up production of the Orb, World will even let people purchase or rent their very own eyeball-scanning sphere so they can “start verifying unique humans” in their communities. It’s also launching a new service called “Orb on Demand” (yes, it’s really called that) that will let people order Orbs “much like a pizza you would have delivered to your apartment,” Heley said. The Orb is also coming to more countries, including Costa Rica, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and others. World says it has verified nearly 7 million “unique humans” so far, despite privacy concerns about building a privately operated global database based on biometrics. Share this @internewscast.com