Sam Altman's human verification company is now building for AI agents

World, the iris-scanning identity startup formerly known as Worldcoin, launched a toolkit that lets verified humans delegate their identity to AI agents

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The company built on the argument that humans need protection from bots is now helping bots borrow a person's humanity.

World, the iris-scanning identity startup formerly known as Worldcoin, just announced the launch of AgentKit, a toolkit that lets verified humans delegate their identity to AI agents. It built that identity system by offering cryptocurrency as an incentive to scan your iris, generating a unique proof that you are a real human. The pitch, from a company co-founded by Sam Altman, produced both 18 million sign-ups and regulatory scrutiny across three continents.

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