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The Promises and Perils of Worldcoin: A Deep Dive into the Future of Digital Identity
Imagine a world where your eyes could serve as your passport to the internet—a realm where your biometric data verifies your identity and grants access to digital services. This is the bold vision behind Worldcoin, a revolutionary project founded in 2019 by Sam Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Noven. With Altman’s rising fame as the CEO of OpenAI and the advent of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Worldcoin aims to intertwine cryptocurrency, biometrics, and digital identity to create a new global infrastructure. But as inspiring as this vision sounds, it raises serious questions about privacy, ethics, and power.