World's Eyeball-Scanning Verification Technology Partners with Tinder and Zoom
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Summary
Sam Altman's World company, which uses eyeball-scanning technology for human verification, has formed partnerships with both Tinder and Zoom. The company's orb device scans users' eyes to authenticate their humanity, with Tinder already running a pilot program in Japan. The article raises concerns about privacy and the creepiness of biometric authentication, questioning whether employers might require such scans for work-related activities like Zoom meetings.
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Sam Altman is banking on people being willing to surrender scans of their eyes in order to authenticate themselves
On Friday, both Tinder and Zoom announced partnerships with Altman's World, the company behind the creepy, eyeball-scanning orb
World has already been working with Tinder and ran a pilot of the verification process in Japan
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