Oh No, There’s an Orb Shortage
Worldcoin, the project that hands out free cryptocurrency in exchange for biometric data, is experiencing a shortage of the orbs that scan everyone’s eyeballs, according to a new report from…
Just a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already Dying
If you’ve already had your iris scanned for Worldcoin’s crypto-based “free money” promise, your biometric investment has been cut in half since launch. I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of…
I Gazed Into Worldcoin’s Orb and Saw a Boring Dystopia Staring Back
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s buzzy startup Worldcoin has a relatively straightforward pitch to prospective users. First, you fork over a scan of your eyeball to one of several thousand iris-scanning,…
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s Creepy Vision for Iris-Scanning ‘Global Digital Currency’, Begins Rollout
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sci-fi-tinged, iris-scanning cryptocurrency project Worldcoin began rolling out services internationally today. The extent to which Worldcoin actually delivers on its promise of a “new global digital…