World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents
As AI agents take the reins for online shoppers, Sam Altman’s unconventional startup is looking to expand its verification offerings to support agentic commerce.
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World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features
Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its “real human network.”
Should you trust Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orb?
Ever wonder if you’re talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your humanity. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian […]
Vitalik Buterin has reservations about Sam Altman’s World project
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks.