OpenAI is working on a social networking app that will allow only humans to engage with it. The AI giant is essentially looking to eliminate bots from the social networking ecosystem — an issue that Elon Musk has repeatedly complained about with respect to X.
The platform by OpenAI is still in the early stages of development, a Fortune report said citing people familiar with the matter. A small team of around ten developers are working on this platform — which may come with a biometric identity recognition system.
In order to integrate the “proof-of-personhood” requirement, the platform could work with Apple’s Face ID or OpenAI’s own controversial World Orb that collects eye scans to generate unique IDs of humans.
In the backdrop of this report, the Worldcoin token registered a notable surge in the last few hours. The digital asset is part of OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s company called “Tools for Humanity”. Through this company, Altman initiated the World project — that aims to generate unique id proofs for humans – distinguishing them from bots on the world web ecosystem.
Since its launch in July 2023, the World project has garnered restrictions and bans in several parts of the world because those who sign up for it need to get their eye scans submitted with the World Orbs. Countries like India, Italy, and others have raised concerns regarding the project citing national security regions.
This social networking platform could help the World token get legitimate utility purpose — elevating its position in the crypto ecosystem.
At present, the WLD token is trading at $0.5118 with a price hike of over 12 percent in the last twelve hours, data by CoinMarketCap showed.
For now, neither Altman nor OpenAI has confirmed or denied the Fortune report. More information on the topic remains awaited for now.