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U.S. FIRMS EMBRACE ALTMAN'S WORLD ID AMID GLOBAL BACKLASH

Sam Altman's World ID biometric verification project has secured partnerships with major U.S. companies including Tinder, Zoom, and DocuSign, even as regulators in multiple countries have halted or investigated the initiative.

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U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back

The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder,…

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U.S. companies back Sam Altman's World ID even as much of the world pushes back

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