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Worldcoin project docks onto Telegram and Reddit

As head of OpenAI, Sam Altman has his hands full. As a kind of side job, he also looks after the Worldcoin ID project, which aims to distinguish human beings from software robots.

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In addition to Open AI, Sam Altman is also working on his Worldcoin project. The World ID is to be....aussiedlerbote.de
In addition to Open AI, Sam Altman is also working on his Worldcoin project. The World ID is to be integrated into online platforms such as Minecraft or Reddit. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Internet - Worldcoin project docks onto Telegram and Reddit

The digital ID World ID from the controversial Worldcoin project by OpenAI boss Sam Altman is set to help various online platforms distinguish human users from software robots in future. An extended protocol will be integrated into the login processes for the gaming platform Minecraft and the social networks Reddit and Telegram, among others. This was announced in San Francisco by Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company that developed and operates the World app.

World ID will also be embedded in the online retail stores Shopify from Canada and Mercado Libre, a retail market leader from Argentina. So far, the World ID has mainly been used on the gaming platform Discord to prove that an account holder is actually a human being. In future, it will also be possible to track how many accounts an owner has already created on a platform, for example.

Data protection concerns

According to TFH, around five million people worldwide currently have a World ID. More than half of the users have also had their eyeballs scanned in order to make full use of the World ID. Although TFH does not collect any other personal data such as name, birthday, address or bank details, the concept was met with great suspicion by politicians and authorities. The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the banking supervisory authority Bafin announced investigations. The results are not yet available.

The new version 2.0 of World ID now offers four graduated verification levels to give developers the choice of how strict the requirements should be in order to identify themselves as a human being. The World ID Pro variant also requires a facial scan, similar to the unlocking methods used on modern smartphones. The strictest variant, World ID Max, requires an additional iris scan.

In Germany, Worldcoin currently offers the option of having your World ID validated with an iris scan at five locations in Berlin, Cologne, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. With the new version of the World app, it is also possible to have your World ID account deleted again, promised TFH manager Tiago Sada. "As with everything to do with crypto, this was very difficult because things in crypto tend to be created forever and ever." However, a technical solution was found.

TFH GmbH, which was founded by Sam Altman and the German computer scientist Alex Blania, has offices in Erlangen, San Francisco and Berlin. Sada told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that Altman is "as committed as ever" to Worldcoin. Altman takes part in important discussions and has actively contributed to many innovations. "Of course, his main role is as CEO of OpenAI. But he is part of the team."

Read also:

  1. The integration of the World ID into various gaming platforms, such as Minecraft, will help differentiate human users from software robots.
  2. Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, is associated with the controversial Worldcoin project that aims to provide a digital ID called World ID.
  3. The World ID is set to enhance login processes on online platforms like Telegram and Reddit, ensuring that only humans access these platforms.
  4. Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company responsible for the World app, announced the integration of the World ID into online retail stores in the USA, Canada, and Argentina.
  5. Sam Altman, along with German computer scientist Alex Blania, co-founded TFH GmbH, which has offices in Erlangen, San Francisco, and Berlin.
  6. The World ID now offers four graduated verification levels, allowing developers to choose the level of strictness required to identify as a human.
  7. Data protection concerns have been raised regarding the World ID, with investigations launched by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the banking supervisory authority Bafin.
  8. In Germany, Worldcoin offers the option of having your World ID validated with an iris scan at several locations in Berlin, Cologne, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart.
  9. TFH has promised to provide a technical solution for deleting World ID accounts, addressing concerns related to the permanence of data in the crypto world.
  10. The World ID has already been integrated into the gaming platform Discord to prove human user identity, and it may soon expand to track the number of accounts per user on different platforms.

Source: www.stern.de

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