Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning ID Project Launches in US

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precompute · 9h ago

> So far there are 26 million people on the network across Europe, South America and the Asia-Pacific region, with 12 million verified, according to a representative for World, who added that its goal is to scale to one billion people. It's moving slower than expected, though: In 2021, the project's goal was to scale to one billion people by 2023.

So, how long until getting an iris scan is a widely-accepted form of identity verification? I don't think it will ever not feel creepy. Perhaps I could cache my iris-print in a physical card...

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Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning ID Project Launches in US

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