More Than a Dozen Countries Now Investigating Sam Altman’s Dubious Eye-Scanning Scheme

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Philanthropic Privacy Sam Altman's lesser-known venture, a bizarre iris-scanning crypto project called Worldcoin, has faced scrutiny in more than a dozen countries because nobody really knows what it does with all those eyeballs.

In Argentina, the project was even fined $200,000 over alleged abusive clauses in its terms of service.

Thus far, only Kenya — which was one of the first countries where the project was piloted — has closed its probe after a year-long suspension of the Altman-led project.

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Author / Journalist: Noor Al-Sibai

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesArgentinaChileFranceKenyaSouth KoreaPortugalUnited Kingdom

Topics: Blocknik The digest Sam altman Worldcoin Biometrics

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Published On: 2024-08-19 @ 20:53:51 (11 hours ago)

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