US tech entrepreneur Sam Altman’s biometric device The Orb – which distinguishes between real people and AI bots, helping to verify who is human online – is to be launched in the UK.
Altman has been instrumental in making AI accessible to people through OpenAI, a company he co-founded in 2015.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool, which launched in November 2022, boasts over 400 million weekly active users.
Having unleashed AI to the masses, Altman is now developing technologies to resolve challenges his company’s pursuit of powerful AI has caused, such as the proliferation of deepfakes.
This is being addressed through Tools For Humanity, a company he co-founded in 2019.
One of the technologies Tools For Humanity has developed is called the Orb, a biometric device that scans people’s irises to prove their humanity, helping to differentiate humans from AI agents and bots online.
Altman also co-founded Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that leverages the Orb’s technology to provide individuals with a...