Sam Altman’s Orwellian ID verification startup, World, issued a major update today for its mobile app, introducing new chat and banking features.

World is Altman’s attempt to solve a problem he himself and his fellow “ architects of AI ” helped create. One of the project’s goals is to create an ecosystem for users to verify whether the people they are interacting with online are actually human and not AI. Their solution to this problem is for humans to get their eyes scanned by a soccer-ball-sized device called the Orb in exchange for a unique digital ID code stored on their phone. In theory, this could help filter out annoying AI bots from gaming, social media platforms, or even financial transactions like concert ticket sales.

Yet, this particular solution immediately raises a number

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