Sam Altman's World ID 'Orb' Rollout Sparks Backlash
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Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, deploys its iris-scanning 'Orb' devices to issue biometric World IDs as proof-of-humanity credentials in an AI-saturated internet. Coverage a week apart frames the rollout alternately as a real but voluntary identity solution and as an emerging 'digital control grid.'
AI Is Creating a Massive Identity Problem
Sam Altman's company is rolling out World ID, a biometric-based identity system designed to verify human identity in an AI-driven world, with the creator arguing that voluntary adoption through convenience—not government mandate—will drive its global use.
The Digital Control Grid Problem
The 2025 deployment of Sam Altman's Orb iris-scanning device for World IDs is framed by the creator as a real but conspiratorial 'digital control grid' dystopia.