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Paula Tudoran

Billionaire Sam Altman's Iris Orb Dream Crumbles: $240M From Khosla Ventures Fuels 1B User Hunt, But Just 2% There As Bans Mount Worldwide

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Sam Altman‘s Tools for Humanity biometric verification company is hitting roadblocks on its path to global adoption, according to Business Insider.

The volleyball-sized metal sphere named Orb scans human irises to generate a World ID, creating a digital verification system designed to verify that someone is human rather than artificial intelligence. Users who complete the iris scan receive access to a World app ecosystem and can claim World – previously known as Worldcoin – cryptocurrency tokens worth approximately $0.80 each.

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