📝 TL;DR World, Sam Altman’s proof of human project, just upgraded its app into a kind of all in one hub for verified identity, private chat, and crypto payments. It is an early look at what life might feel like when your wallet, messaging, and online identity all live in one place. 🧠 Overview World started as a controversial biometric ID project that scans your iris to prove you are a unique human, not a bot. The new app update pushes it beyond a niche crypto wallet and into “super app” territory, with encrypted chat and Venmo style crypto sending built in. For anyone building an audience or business online, this hints at a future where identity, money, and messaging are tightly connected. 📜 The Announcement On December 11, World, built by Tools for Humanity and co founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, released a new version of its app that the team is calling a “super app.” The update adds World Chat, an end to end encrypted messenger that flags whether the person you are talking to has a verified World ID, plus an expanded crypto payment system for sending, receiving, and even routing paychecks into the app. Verification with the famous Orb is still optional for payments, but strongly encouraged for social features through visual cues in chat. ⚙️ How It Works • Proof of human identity layer - World scans a user’s iris once, turns that into an encrypted code, then uses that code as a reusable ID to prove you are a unique human across apps without sharing your face or name. • World Chat encrypted messenger - The new chat feature uses end to end encryption, similar to privacy apps like Signal, so conversations are protected from outsiders, including World itself. • Color coded trust signals - In chat, bubbles are color coded to show whether the person you are talking to is World verified or not, nudging users toward talking to real, verified humans.

We’re entering an age where AI doesn’t get tired, doesn’t doubt itself, doesn’t carry childhood wounds or internal narratives. And yet, the biggest limitation in this moment isn’t technology — it’s the human perspective. Humans are shaped by fear, identity, ego, and stories we’ve repeated for years: I’m not ready. I’m not technical. That’s not for people like me. These beliefs made sense in a slower world. In the age of AI, they quietly hold us back. AI doesn’t replace human creativity — it exposes where we hesitate. It moves at the speed of curiosity, while humans often move at the speed of self-protection. We second-guess. We wait for permission. We over-identify with past versions of ourselves. The paradox is this: AI has no meaning without humans. It has no intuition, no lived experience, no emotional truth. But humans stall when they cling too tightly to who they think they are. The shift isn’t about becoming less human. It’s about loosening the grip on outdated self-stories and collaborating with tools that amplify us. The future doesn’t belong to the most technical people. It belongs to those willing to stay curious, humble, and adaptive. That’s a human choice — not a technical one.

Dara Ladjevardian founded Delphi, his mission wasn’t just to build another AI tool, it was to preserve human wisdom. In this clip, dives into how to view AI and why heart is important in a post AI world. 👉 How are you approaching AI? We can be deceptive with AI, or we can use it to build better stronger businesses with AI helping us.

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Hello everyone, Let’s all get to learn something about our roots. What’s one thing your hometown is known for? It could be a local dish, a festival, a landmark, or something only the locals understand. Share yours and let’s see how diverse our roots are.