OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Launches Worldcoin Crypto Project

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SAN FRANCISCO: OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, along with two co-founders, launched the Worldcoin crypto project on Monday, saying they aim to grant users a verified digital identity and access to a financial network.

“The Worldcoin Foundation today announced that Worldcoin, a project co-founded by Sam Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Novendstern, is now live,” read a statement on Worldcoin’s website.

The founders said verified private digital identities will be crucial in distinguishing humans from AI online. and possibly show a potential path to an AI-funded universal basic income,” Altman and Blania said in a letter posted on Twitter. The company spent three years developing the project, and 2 million people signed up for a World ID during its beta testing. Blania, too, was cautiously optimistic. “It’s the start of a long journey. Especially in the beginning, things won’t be perfect. But we hope that with rapid iteration, Worldcoin can become an empowering layer of technology for every human being,” he tweeted.

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