News Summary

Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, is expanding its World biometric verification project with new global partnerships. The company announced that Tinder users worldwide can now use World’s iris-scanning technology to verify their humanity, receiving free profile boosts as an incentive. The World project, initially focused on cryptocurrency, has shifted towards identity verification in response to increasing AI presence. Despite facing resistance over data protection concerns, World has verified 18 million users globally. Partnerships with Zoom and Docusign will require World ID verification for user interactions. Additionally, World is tackling ticket scalping with a new tool for reserving concert tickets for verified humans. The move underscores World’s ambition to become a mainstream identity-verification technology.