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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $115M, Led by Blockchain Capital
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $115M, Led by Blockchain Capital
Tools for Humanity, the team behind Worldcoin, has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from a16z, Bain Capital Crypto...
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $115M, Led by Blockchain Capital
By CoinDesk Staff
May 25, 2023 at 4:51 p.m. UTC
May 25, 2023
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Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project Worldcoin Raises $115M, Led by Blockchain Capital
Other investors in the Series C round included a16z, Bain Capital Crypto and Distributed Global.
Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)
By Brandy Betz
May 25, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 25, 2023
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Black Market for Worldcoin Credentials Pops Up in China
The startup is looking to create a global blockchain-based identification system using iris scans.
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By Eliza GkritsiLingling Xiang
May 24, 2023 at 3:23 p.m. UTC
May 24, 2023
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project in Talks for $100M in New Funding: Report
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project in Talks for $100M in New Funding: Report
Altman’s crypto project, Worldcoin, rose to prominence last year with a controversial, Silicon Valley vision for a universal basic income (UBI): a crypto token that can be dis...
Sam Altman’s Crypto Project in Talks for $100M in New Funding: Report
By CoinDesk Staff
May 15, 2023 at 5:32 p.m. UTC
May 15, 2023
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Worldcoin Core Team Member Addresses Retina Scanning Process
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Worldcoin Core Team Member Addresses Retina Scanning Process
Worldcoin's initial rollout included a retina-scanning metal "orb" that the project used to authenticate new users, and privacy advocates heavily criticized it. Tiago Sada, He...
Worldcoin Core Team Member Addresses Retina Scanning Process
By CoinDesk Inc
May 9, 2023 at 2:44 p.m. UTC
May 9, 2023
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Sam Altman's Crypto Project Looks to Integrate First Major Consumer Product With World App
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Sam Altman's Crypto Project Looks to Integrate First Major Consumer Product With World App
At a time when AI filters its way into swaths of the industry, open-source protocols like Worldcoin are among those experimenting with the innovative technology. The San Franc...
Sam Altman's Crypto Project Looks to Integrate First Major Consumer Product With World App
By CoinDesk Inc
May 9, 2023 at 2:34 p.m. UTC
May 9, 2023
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Unveils First Major Consumer Product
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Unveils First Major Consumer Product
Worldcoin, the crypto project from Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT developer Open AI, has launched a native crypto wallet built on the Ethereum sidechain Polygon called...
Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Unveils First Major Consumer Product
By CoinDesk Inc
May 8, 2023 at 5:51 p.m. UTC
May 8, 2023
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Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Worldcoin, Releases First Major Consumer Product
Worldcoin’s “minimalist” wallet, World App, wants to help you prove you’re human in the age of AI.
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By Sam Kessler
May 8, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 8, 2023
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Eliezer Yudkowsky's "AI Safety" movement has gazed into the distant future - and decided you shouldn't be allowed to have privacy in the present. (Wikimedia Commons)
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AI Boosters Would Sacrifice Humanity for a Simulacra - as Long as They're in Control
AI boosterism and associated “long-termist” ideas may be a threat to your privacy, property and civil rights.
Eliezer Yudkowsky's "AI Safety" movement has gazed into the distant future - and decided you shouldn't be allowed to have privacy in the present. (Wikimedia Commons)
By David Z. Morris
Apr 14, 2023 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
Apr 14, 2023
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Silicon Valley's AI road map implies a future authoritarian dystopia. Distributed AI projects managed by blockchains suggest an alternative path forward. (Getty Images)
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What’s the Relationship Between Crypto and AI? Is There Any?
Distributed AI projects such as SingularityNET want composable artificial intelligence managed through public blockchains. That's far preferable to Silicon Valley's corporate...
Silicon Valley's AI road map implies a future authoritarian dystopia. Distributed AI projects managed by blockchains suggest an alternative path forward. (Getty Images)
By David Z. Morris
Jan 11, 2023 at 5:05 p.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2023
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