OpenAI’s Sam Altman raises $115 million for Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning crypto project to combat A.I. bots

OpenAI’s Sam Altman raises $115 million for Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning crypto project to combat A.I. bots

Worldcoin founders Alex Blania (left) and Sam Altman. Even as Silicon Valley magnate Sam Altman captures headlines with his world-eating artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, his side project Worldcoin continues to attract eyeballs —literally.

Worldcoin, if you’re unfamiliar, anticipates a future where A.I. bots are indistinguishable from humans online, and the global economy has been disrupted by automation. To solve this, the company proposes scanning every adult’s iris with a plastic orb to verify one’s “personhood,” rewarding them with a crypto token in return that could one day replace traditional incomes.

It sounds like a sci-fi movie, but investors are taking it […]

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