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OBEY THE ORB

The Orb takes your biometrics and converts the data into a unique 12,800 digit “iris code” which can be used as an unforgeable form of digital verification.

Tom Sanders
Tom Sanders 

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Close-up of biometric scanning Orb at Union Square location in San Francisco, California for World, formerly Worldcoin, a biometric cryptocurrency company founded by Sam Altman using iris scanning to identify humans online, May 13, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman has unveiled his masterplan to save the internet from a slew of AI-generated slop—a white, beach ball-sized sphere known as the Orb which scans your iris.

The Orb, developed by Altman-backed start-up Tools for Humanity, aims to provide “proof of humanity” by scanning users’ biometrics and converting them...

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Tom Sanders

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