ChatGPT creator signs up for eyeball-scanning Cryptocurrency

Sep 01, 2023

Worldcoin offers everyone a free share of cryptocurrency in exchange for their biometric data

OpenAI boss Sam Altman has finally signed up for his own Worldcoin cryptocurrency, four years after founding the controversial venture.

The tech boss, whose AI startup created ChatGPT, recently raised $100 million to finance his crypto side project, which involves scanning millions of people’s eyeballs in order to trade their biometric data for free cryptocurrency. Until this week he had been unable to join the project due to it being unavailable in his native US.

On a trip to Europe on Tuesday, where the technology is not restricted, Mr Altman signed up to the venture through a silver orb that uses iris scanning technology to capture user data. This data is used to verify an individual’s “unique personhood”, which entitles them to a free share of Worldcoin tokens when it officially launches.

More than 1.5 million people have already signed up for the project, according to the company’s own figures, with the launch expected to take place in the coming weeks.

The company describes the cryptocurrency as a “new, collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible”, claiming that everyone in the world is eligible for a free share of it.

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Source- https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/worldcoin-crypto-sam-altman-ai-chatgpt-b2345073.html