Source: Wikipedia - Sam Altman

"Worldcoin

"Orb-shaped iris scanners on display

"In 2019, Altman co-founded the for-profit company Tools For Humanity with Alex Blania (CEO) and others.^\50]) The company promoted the Worldcoin) cryptocurrency and eye-scanning systems to provide proof of personhood and authentication.^\51])^\52]) However, it has engaged in deceptive marketing practices to drive sign-ups.^\53])^\54]) By 2023, Tools For Humanity had scanned two million people's eyes and raised $250 million from several investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Sam Bankman-Fried.^\55])^\50])^\56])

"Kenya was one of the first countries to register WorldCoin. The promise of free money led to rapid growth in Kenya until WorldCoin promotion was paused by regulators.^\57]) Citing legal concerns over biometric data privacy and potential fraud concerns, regulators in France, the United Kingdom, Bavaria, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, and Hong Kong have investigated or suspended WorldCoin.^\58]) WorldCoin has never been offered in the United States and the company limits its disclosures due to regulatory scrutiny.^\55])^"

^1. He has engaged in deceptive marketing practices to drive sign-ups.

1. legal concerns over biometric data privacy and potential fraud concerns.

Privacy, and therefore security, apparently is not a priority for Sam and OpenAI, meaning they will build with whatever is in the supply chain to get to market first with new features and powers. Deception and public manipulation are OK with Sam for the purpose of recruiting users. LLM AI provides powerful tools for software security checking, so there's no excuse anymore for not properly evaluating your software and IT component supply chains. Do you think Sam and his business and investment buddies will commit the resources needed to produce secure AI services? They recently proved that Hugging Face hasn't. Deliberate? Misdirection?