Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is going to need some new business cards printed up because it’s dropping the “coin” in its name. The OpenAI CEO’s startup is shifting from cryptocurrency to focus more on its identification technology and it just unveiled a new version of its signature gadget.

Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded "proof of personhood" crypto startup that scans people's eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the "coin"

Worldcoin, a startup co-founded by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, announced a new name and introduced the latest version of its eyeball-scanning Orb at an event in San Francisco on Thursday.

The project was launched last July. It aims to scan the irises of all people to create a global ID for them. This global ID will be used to differentiate real humans from AI chatbots.

Worldcoin, the identity and cryptocurrency venture co-founded by Sam Altman, is rebranding itself as World (and World Network) to reflect what it says is a broader mission. Why it matters: World is pitching its technologies as key to helping distinguish bots from humans in an increasingly AI-dominated society.

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on Thursday it was rebranding to World Network and was ramping up efforts to scan every human's iris using its "orb" devices.

Worldcoin co-founders Sam Altman and Timo Blania recently revealed the rebranded World Network, with Worldcoin now simply called "World."

Launched as Worldcoin, now simply “World,” the startup will focus on verifying users are human, in an age of AI and bots.

The ambitious identity-verification project Worldcoin, now called World, wants a future where humans are “orb-verified.”