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Data protection authority bars tech firm from paying for iris scans

Orb, the Worldcoin retina scanner. Photo: Steve Jurvetson

Orb, the Worldcoin retina scanner. Photo: Steve Jurvetson

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) ordered a halt to a controversial initiative by Tools For Humanity, a company founded by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. The program had been scanning individuals’ irises in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency, raising concerns over privacy and data protection. The order came into effect on Saturday.

The project. Tools For Humanity is the company behind Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that wants to scan humans’ eyeballs and use that ID to differentiate people from artificial intelligence and protect them from the advances of AI, which threatens to eliminate millions of jobs. 

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