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Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Orb Is Now Coming to the US


At a high-profile event in San Francisco, World announced it is launching a series of Apple-like stores, as well as a partnership with dating giant Match Group.

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, identify-verification technology startup is expanding to the US, and will attempt to bridge the divide between blockchain-based financial networks and the payment services most often used here. It’s a device-and-app combo that scans people’s irises, creates a unique user ID, stores that information on the blockchain, and uses it as a form of identity verification. The company says it’s opening up six “Apple-like stores” in cities across the US, including one in San Francisco, where the floor around a wooden structure holding about eight orbs was being polished on Wednesday night.

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