Worldcoin is OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s attempt to corner the market for humanness verification by persuading enough mobile users to have their eyes scanned in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens.
Why Does Anyone Need to Prove Their Humanness?
One reason is the advancement in Altman’s generative AI technology is making it more difficult to discern between bot-generated and human digital behavior. But don’t worry, he’s got an eyeball-scanning orb-plus-crypto-token to sell humanity on for that.
Now, any willing individual can acquire Worldcoin’s “digital token” by selling their biometric data. This situation is rising in four European markets: The U.K., France, Germany, and Spain. This has further raised concerns of privacy regulators who are all set to investigate Worldcoin on what they are doing to their personal data.
In regards to this, the UK Information Commission Office has released a public statement, stating it will be making inquiries about the Worldcoin launch held earlier this week. “Organisations must conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) before starting any processing that is likely to result in high risks, such as processing special category biometric data. Where they identify high risks that
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