Orb Device At San Francisco Store Aims To Fight Bots With Biometric Scans

CBS Bay Area

May 2, 2025

Amid the rise of artificial intelligence and an increase in online bots, the reality of humankind can easily be skewed. A high-tech device in San Francisco's Union Square is offering one way to prove your humanness, as part of a global database.

World Network, a digital identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, opened its first U.S. flagship in San Francisco on Thursday.

The store offers a futuristic way to verify a person's "humanness" using a biometric device called the Orb. It's a metallic sphere that scans the iris, face curvature, pulse, and temperature of users. The goal is to prove you're human and not a bot.

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