Hacker NewsApr 22

Sam Altman's Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed with Zoom and Tinder

https://gizmodo.com/sam-altmans-creepy-eyeball-scanning-company-gets-in-bed-with-zoom-and-tinder-2000748013

#HackerNews #SamAltman #EyeballScanning #Zoom #Tinder #PrivacyConcerns #TechNews

Sam Altman's Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed With Zoom and Tinder

Will your boss require an eyeball scan the next time you need to jump on Zoom?

Gizmodo
Jonathan EmmesediMay 30, 2025

The creepy Sam Altman eyeball scanning operation is soliciting in downtown Austin.

https://www.statesman.com/picture-gallery/business/technology/2025/05/15/orb-an-eyeball-scanning-identity-verification-technology-comes-to-austin/83631997007/

#Orb #WorldID #IrisScanning #EyeballScanning #Biometrics #SamAltman #Austin #Texas

Orb, an eyeball scanning identity verification technology, comes to Austin. See a demo.

World's new location brings Orb, an eyeball scanning identity verification technology to Austin. The company aims to help verify human identity in the age of AI.

Austin American-Statesman
Rick EyreJul 26, 2023
"Members of the public are being invited to have their eyeballs scanned by a silver orb as part of cryptocurrency project that aims to use biometric verification to distinguish humans from AI systems."
What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/25/cryptocurrency-eyeballs-worldcoin-chatgpt-openai?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EyeBallScanning #SilverOrb #cryptocurrency #WorldID #BlackMirror
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