Device in San Francisco offers way to prove your humanness as part of global database
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The device is a project from'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '30.240', 'text': 'OpenAI CEO Sam Alman and it made its'}, {'start': '28.560', 'end': '32.960', 'text': 'debut at a new retail store in San'}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '35.520', 'text': "Francisco's Union Square next to Macy's."}, {'start': '32.960', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'Lauren Toms was there and introduces us'}, {'start': '35.520', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'to the'}, {'start': '38.040', 'end': '43.360', 'text': 'Orb. It looks like an eye and it scans'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'your eye, too. The center attraction at'}, {'start': '43.360', 'end': '47.840', 'text': 'a flagship store in Union Square is'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '50.239', 'text': "World Network's Orb that scans your"}, {'start': '47.840', 'end': '52.480', 'text': 'metrics to verify your humanness.'}, {'start': '50.239', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'Clement jumped at the opportunity to do'}, {'start': '52.480', 'end': '56.879', 'text': 'just that. Something he says was spurred'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '59.520', 'text': 'by curiosity and questions about the'}, {'start': '56.879', 'end': '60.879', 'text': 'future of AI in our lives. I think at'}, {'start': '59.520', 'end': '63.120', 'text': "some point it's going to be very an"}, {'start': '60.879', 'end': '65.519', 'text': 'issue online to know if we are real or'}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '68.400', 'text': 'if you are talking just to a machine.'}, {'start': '65.519', 'end': '70.400', 'text': 'And I think I wanted to to understand'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'how it works. These are the first'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '74.640', 'text': 'systems of their kind to be deployed to'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '77.520', 'text': "the US. They've already been in use in"}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '80.080', 'text': 'over 100 other countries by more than 12'}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'million users, including Clement, but'}, {'start': '80.080', 'end': '85.200', 'text': "it's not quite ready for his pup Tixie."}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '87.040', 'text': 'For example, on dating apps or like when'}, {'start': '85.200', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'you work that you want really want to be'}, {'start': '87.040', 'end': '92.079', 'text': "sure that it's a human behind and that's"}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '95.439', 'text': 'the real work of the real words from a'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '97.119', 'text': "human and it's real value to be a human"}, {'start': '95.439', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'at the end of the day. The goal, the'}, {'start': '97.119', 'end': '101.040', 'text': 'group says, is to have all humans'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '103.280', 'text': 'verified in its system to seamlessly'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '106.000', 'text': 'operate between platforms, from dating'}, {'start': '103.280', 'end': '108.880', 'text': 'sites to gaming sites, so you know who'}, {'start': '106.000', 'end': '110.320', 'text': "and what you're interacting with online."}, {'start': '108.880', 'end': '112.960', 'text': "It's something that's becoming more"}, {'start': '110.320', 'end': '115.759', 'text': 'crucial as recent data suggests that in'}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'just about 1 year from now, 90% of'}, {'start': '115.759', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'online interactions will have some kind'}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'of AI component. Chief architect Adrien'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '125.360', 'text': "Lewig tells us they're hoping to get"}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '127.200', 'text': "humans ahead of AI's power. It's kind of"}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '128.640', 'text': 'hard to tell who the people are online'}, {'start': '127.200', 'end': '130.399', 'text': 'and so the first thing you need to know'}, {'start': '128.640', 'end': '131.840', 'text': "is is this a people and if so that's"}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'where the benefit should be going. A'}, {'start': '131.840', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'system like this comes with steep'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '138.640', 'text': 'privacy concerns and Adrian was tasked'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'with data protection. He says the'}, {'start': '138.640', 'end': '143.280', 'text': 'platform is impossible to hack because'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '146.000', 'text': "once it takes your picture, it doesn't"}, {'start': '143.280', 'end': '147.280', 'text': 'save personal information. The orb gives'}, {'start': '146.000', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'that picture to the person and then'}, {'start': '147.280', 'end': '150.879', 'text': "immediately deletes it. It doesn't need"}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '153.040', 'text': "it. It's analyzed it, confirmed they're"}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '155.280', 'text': 'human, and once it knows that, it can'}, {'start': '153.040', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'just keep that proof around that it at'}, {'start': '155.280', 'end': '158.640', 'text': 'one point in the past did the analysis.'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '160.879', 'text': "It doesn't need to store it. Until now,"}, {'start': '158.640', 'end': '163.200', 'text': 'I had never questioned my own humanness,'}, {'start': '160.879', 'end': '165.120', 'text': 'but of course, I had to find out. Let me'}, {'start': '163.200', 'end': '167.760', 'text': 'show you how it works. Like most things,'}, {'start': '165.120', 'end': '170.400', 'text': 'it starts by downloading the World app'}, {'start': '167.760', 'end': '173.440', 'text': 'and scanning a QR code into one of these'}, {'start': '170.400', 'end': '176.480', 'text': 'orbs. The orb then takes a scan of your'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '178.959', 'text': 'iris, your face curvature, your pulse,'}, {'start': '176.480', 'end': '181.840', 'text': 'and your temperature. all to verify that'}, {'start': '178.959', 'end': '183.920', 'text': 'you are in fact a human. From there, the'}, {'start': '181.840', 'end': '186.400', 'text': 'system says that it exchanges that'}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '189.200', 'text': 'personal information for a unique'}, {'start': '186.400', 'end': '191.200', 'text': 'anonymous numberbased code and then it'}, {'start': '189.200', 'end': '193.680', 'text': 'says it deletes all that personal'}, {'start': '191.200', 'end': '195.519', 'text': 'information that it just took. But we'}, {'start': '193.680', 'end': '198.400', 'text': 'spoke with some people who say that'}, {'start': '195.519', 'end': '200.319', 'text': 'privacy is still a greater concern than'}, {'start': '198.400', 'end': '202.720', 'text': "their humanness. It's the path we're"}, {'start': '200.319', 'end': '204.800', 'text': "going down and it's the unknown. and if"}, {'start': '202.720', 'end': '206.640', 'text': 'it helps in some type of way. Yes, I'}, {'start': '204.800', 'end': '209.280', 'text': 'would say yes to everything, but that'}, {'start': '206.640', 'end': '211.760', 'text': 'unknown path is scary. We also tested it'}, {'start': '209.280', 'end': '214.400', 'text': "on Clement's pup, Tixie, who is in fact"}, {'start': '211.760', 'end': '216.959', 'text': "not a human, but may be the system's"}, {'start': '214.400', 'end': '219.760', 'text': 'next target as this technology grows its'}, {'start': '216.959', 'end': '221.519', 'text': 'database to root out the fake from the'}, {'start': '219.760', 'end': '223.680', 'text': 'real.'}, {'start': '221.519', 'end': '226.000', 'text': 'More than 12 million people have already'}, {'start': '223.680', 'end': '228.159', 'text': 'verified their identity using the orbs'}, {'start': '226.000', 'end': '230.959', 'text': 'which are available and free to use in'}, {'start': '228.159', 'end': '230.959', 'text': 'more than 20 countries.'}]