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