All hail the orb, crypto-fuelled hoarder of biometric data. Such is the will of OpenAI's Sam Altman, with his Worldcoin cryptocurrency-adjacent iris scanning project. A project that is under scrutiny from government officials.
Yes, Worldcoin is now scanning the irises of humans world over. The purpose? To connect (and collect the data of) would-be crypto investors, so that they can be inducted into the totally anonymous crypto-bro ingroup that Worldcoin is offering. As well as provide a platform for "global proof‑of‑personhood" in a world consumed ever more by AI.
