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OpenAI Wants To Create Biometric Social Network To Kill X’s Bot Problem: Report
OpenAI plans a biometric social platform to block AI-generated bots by requiring iris scans at 674 global locations, with 17 million verified users so far, sources said.
- A Forbes report says OpenAI and Sam Altman are developing a biometric social network to eliminate AI bot accounts, aiming for a real-humans-only platform.
- Years of bot growth prompted the effort, with Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, drawing on his 2019 Tools for Humanity/World project to combat the bot problem.
- The team proposes biometric verification via Apple Face ID or the Orb, World’s iris-scanning device, requiring iris scans at 674 verification locations worldwide and producing a unique digital ID stored on users’ phones.
- Markets reacted when World’s WLD token jumped more than 27% Wednesday, while Forbes reported the development team has fewer than 10 people and no launch timeline.
- Regulators and privacy advocates note World’s biometric system faces scrutiny and bans, while privacy warnings about unchangeable iris data and competition from Meta, X, TikTok, and Bluesky challenge user adoption.
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OpenAI, an Artificial Intelligence company, is developing a social network with biometric verification, this in order to combat bots such as those that abound in networks like X. According to Forbes in a new article, the creation of a new social network, comes from the frustration of OpenIA CEO Sam Altman with social networking bots.OpenIA social network worries users about data privacyForbes revealed in a new article that OpenIA, a company resp…
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