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How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer


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The internet already has a bot problem — and it's just getting worse.

a16z's Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg speak with Alex Blania of Tools for Humanity. World is building the largest real human network, a proof-of-human layer for the AI era. They cover the technical challenge of proving human uniqueness at scale using iris biometrics, the privacy architecture behind World ID, and why platforms from social networks to dating apps to video conferencing will soon require proof of human verification.

Timestamps: 

  • 0:00—Introduction 
  • 4:07—Three Big Ideas People Were Interested In 
  • 9:05—The Orb Verification Piece 
  • 15:20—Social Media Bots: PSYOPs and Propaganda 
  • 29:18—We Had Proof of Personhood for the Longest Time 
  • 36:44—Next Year Go-to-Market Is Focused on the US 
  • 40:09—Different Levels of Verification
  • Resources: 

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