OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs

Ars Technica
By Jon BrodkinMay 25, 2023, 3:18 pm150 pts
Enlarge / Worldcoin's "Orb," a device that scans your eyeballs to verify that you're a real human. A company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has raised $115 million for Worldcoin, a crypto coin project that scans users' eyeballs in order "to establish an individual's unique personhood." In addition to…

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