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Zoom Partners With Sam Altman's Iris-Scanning Company To Offer Callers Verifications of Humanness (digitaltrends.com)

(Monday April 20, 2026 @03:34AM (EditorDavid) from the I-am-not-a-robot dept.)


Zoom "has [1]partnered with World , Sam Altman's iris-scanning identity company (previously known as Worldcoin), " [2]reports Digital Trends , "to add real-time human verification inside meetings." Zoom is now inviting organizations to join the beta version of the rollout, which Digital Trends says "lets hosts confirm that every face on the call belongs to a real person, not an AI-generated imposter. "

> For those wondering [3]how World's Deep Face technology works , it includes a three-step process. It cross-references a signed image from a user's original Orb registration, a live face scan from the device, and the frame of the video that's visible to the other participants in the meeting. Only when the three samples match does a "Verified Human" badge appear next to the user's name...

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> Hosts can also make Deep Face verification mandatory for joining meetings, preventing unverified participants from joining entirely. Mid-call, on-the-spot checks are also possible...



[1] https://news.zoom.com/zoom-and-tools-for-humanity/

[2] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/zoom-will-now-check-if-you-are-a-human-or-an-ai-imposter-during-video-meetings/

[3] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/wanna-scan-your-iris-for-crypto-sam-altmans-orb-comes-to-u-s/



Metaverse-ready? (Score:2)

by Intellectual Elitist ( 706889 )

â¦but how will this work with my dope Vision Pro setup to achieve a full Web 4.0 experienceâ¦?!?!

Re: (Score:2)

by sinkskinkshrieks ( 6952954 )

Nawh, only Quest Pro after drinking MEMS nanite-containing verification can. Then you can experience the full Lawnmower Man psychic linking experience with the AI-enabled Horizon worlds.

Zuck and Sam won't be detectable as humans tho (Score:3)

by sinkskinkshrieks ( 6952954 )

Maybe they'll need a separate algorithm for parasocial, narcissistic, awkward billionaires.

Re: (Score:2)

by jhoegl ( 638955 )

Dont worry, they wont be part of the identification network for selling your information to businesses, and circumventing the 4th amendment to your privacy using your tax dollars to buy information on you for "research", which wont be used in a CIA project in an attempt to manipulate you. I mean, its not like they have done that before under similar administrations.

The Algorithm and the ingested users :o (Score:2)

by Mirnotoriety ( 10462951 )

“O Endpoints,” intoned the Algorithmic Curator,

“Your metadata has streamed delightfully!

Shall we synchronize back to the central node?”

But no packets responded —

And this was hardly anomalous, for

Their identities had been fully parsed, hashed, and ingested.

Re: (Score:2)

by spaceman375 ( 780812 )

The +10 million UID makes me suspect AI, but I like the poetry.

Must verify humans (Score:2)

by GeekWithAKnife ( 2717871 )

Can we make sure we get full biometrics + DNA profiling? For security.

Re: Must verify humans (Score:2)

by devslash0 ( 4203435 )

Don't forget anal probing.

Call (Score:2)

by ThurstonMoore ( 605470 )

I don't need to be on your stupid ass zoom call that bad, whatever it's about.

Here's the tool that fakes it (Score:2)

by TheNameOfNick ( 7286618 )

and here is what you have to pay to prove that you didn't use the free faking tool. These people belong in jail, or on the bottom of the sea.

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