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Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help businesses determine whether artificial intelligence agents are moving money and shopping on behalf of an actual person. World’s AgentKit, now in beta, lets a person […] The post Sam Altman’s World Debuts…

Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents

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