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The Latest Breaking News from Worldcoin

Kenya becomes the first country to suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin A.I.-crypto scheme

Worldcoin wants governments as customers, but they may not be so keen.

Fortune

French privacy watchdog raises alarms over OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s “questionable” Worldcoin venture

The French agency CNIL said it initiated an investigation into the company.

Fortune

A new crypto firm wants to scan your eyeballs – should you look away?

For critics, the ID process from Worldcoin is a privacy risk; for others it is financial security in the age of AI. We try it out

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Worldcoin's eye-scanning seems scary as hell—but don't write it off just yet

The launch of Worldcoin's orb may be a sincere effort to improve privacy using biometrics.

Fortune

New cryptocurrency offers users tokens for scanning their eyeballs

Worldcoin, launched by CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, says scheme will distinguish between ‘verified humans’ and AI

The Guardian - UK

What is Worldcoin? A plain English guide to the orb that gives you crypto to scan your eyeballs

Want a simple overview of what Worldcoin's eye-scanning device is all about? Fortune has you covered.

Fortune

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin token nears $350 million market cap, potentially netting OpenAI CEO even more cash

The token fuels a project that hopes to prove we are not machines through our eyeballs.

Fortune

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Wordcoin: OpenAI founder’s eye-scanning crypto project launches in London

The company says its device that scans people’s irises is a vital tool for distinguishing between humans and AI-powered robots online

Evening Standard

Sam Altman's A.I.-busting crypto token Worldcoin is live. All you have to do is scan your eyeball

The launch is one of the buzziest—and weirdest—crypto releases in years.

Fortune

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna points to declining populations to calm fears about A.I. taking jobs

Employees doing routine tasks that A.I. can perform is “not an option” given population declines, argues the IBM chief.

Fortune

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Secures $115M In VC, Hopes To Grow From 2M Users To Billions

Sam Altman’s crypto initiative seeks to regain the popularity of the digital currency space after the fall of FTX.

Zenger

OpenAI's Sam Altman raises $115 million for Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning crypto project to combat AI bots

Backers for Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity include Blockchain Capital, a16z crypto, and Bain Capital Crypto

Fortune

OpenAI's CEO to get $100 million to scan everyone's eyes for new crypto project

The father of ChatGPT seeks to use iris-scanning tech for his new global cryptocurrency Worldcoin. Here's all you need to know.

TechRadar

OpenAI’s Sam Altman approaches $100 million in funding for Worldcoin, the crypto project that scans your irises to prove you’re not a robot

Worldcoin plans to publicly launch out of beta in the first of half of 2023.

Fortune

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Sam Altman is plowing ahead with nuclear fusion and his eye-scanning crypto venture—and, oh yeah, OpenAI

His plans for A.I., crypto, and nuclear fusion energy are all disruptive—and connected.

Fortune

Sam Altman wants to give you crypto to scan your eyeballs. Can he get 8 billion people stare into a futuristic orb to prove they're not A.I. bots?

Inside the ChatGPT founder’s other venture, a crypto-powered sci-fi startup.

Benzinga

People Who Scanned Their Eyeballs For Crypto Feel 'Robbed' By Worldcoin

Worldcoin, a startup that promised cryptocurrency in exchange for scanning eyeballs, has left its user base aggrieved.

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