Worldcoin cryptocurrency project suspended in Kenya

The new cryptocurrency and digital identity project,

As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Worldcoin project was officially launched on July 24, 2023, after three years of development. The project was co-founded by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI — the firm behind the popular artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot ChatGPT.

Worldcoin’s mission builds on expectations that it will become too difficult to differentiate between humans and online bots as AI technology grows. To differentiate humans from AI, the startup created a digital ID system based on proof-of-personhood. Such a digital ID is generated by scanning an individual’s iris and giving them a World ID.

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