SAN FRANCISCO : - Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on Thursday it was rebranding to World Network and was ramping up efforts to scan every human's iris using its "orb" devices.Its core offering is its World ID, which the company describes as a "digital passport" t

World Network rebrands from Worldcoin, offering World ID through iris scanning for human verification, facing privacy concerns.

The project was launched last July. It aims to scan the irises of all people to create a global ID for them. This global ID will be used to differentiate real humans from AI chatbots.

The blockchain-based identity verification company founded by Sam Altman is now called "World." It also unveiled a new version of the "Orb" biometric devices the company uses to scan users' eyes. CoinTelegraph reports: World, as it's now known, also revealed a slew of other updates including a new ...

World's redesigned Orb has 30% fewer parts and triple the production capacity of its predecessor, powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson.

Worldcoin has rebranded as World, alongside the launch of its Ethereum layer-2 network World Chain, and unveiled several key developments

Worldcoin rebrands as World, launches new technology including upgraded Orb devices and World Chain, a layer-2 network