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Sam Altman’s eye-scanning ID project launches in U.S. with six locations

  • Tools for Humanity, led by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, launched its eye-scanning identity verification project World in the U.S. On May 1, 2025.
  • The launch follows preparations including development of 7,500 iris-scanning orbs to distribute across six major U.S. Cities, aiming to verify over 180 million Americans.
  • Users will access World by scanning their iris on chrome spherical devices in flagship stores and public locations, receiving digital IDs stored on the blockchain and WLD token airdrops.
  • Tools for Humanity has raised around $240 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase, valuing the company near $1 billion, despite ongoing privacy concerns about biometric data.
  • The U.S. Rollout aims to expand human identity verification amid rising AI content, enabling digital proof of personhood while addressing fraud through decentralized, cryptographically secured data.
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TokenPost broke the news in on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
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