Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Takes On Fight Over Eye-Scanning Tech

Update: 2024-08-20

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Open AI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman launched a project last year called Worldcoin, which uses iris-scanning technology and pays users in cryptocurrency. But governments around the globe are raising questions about how users' data is handled and how its algorithm is trained. WSJ reporter Angus Berwick joins host Zoe Thomas to explain.

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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Takes On Fight Over Eye-Scanning Tech

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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Takes On Fight Over Eye-Scanning Tech