US EditionOpenAI Explores Biometric Social Network to Verify Real Users
OpenAI aims to tackle bots by verifying users via biometric checks like iris scans or Face ID, with under 10 developers working on the early-stage humans-only social platform.
- A Forbes report says OpenAI and Sam Altman are developing a biometric social network to eliminate AI bot accounts, aiming for a real-humans-only platform.
- Years of bot growth prompted the effort, with Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, drawing on his 2019 Tools for Humanity/World project to combat the bot problem.
- The team proposes biometric verification via Apple Face ID or the Orb, World’s iris-scanning device, requiring iris scans at 674 verification locations worldwide and producing a unique digital ID stored on users’ phones.
- Markets reacted when World’s WLD token jumped more than 27% Wednesday, while Forbes reported the development team has fewer than 10 people and no launch timeline.
- Regulators and privacy advocates note World’s biometric system faces scrutiny and bans, while privacy warnings about unchangeable iris data and competition from Meta, X, TikTok, and Bluesky challenge user adoption.
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