Members can use the World app to verify their identity online after they’ve let its Orb device scan their eyes and faces. In exchange, the organization issues them worldcoin, its cryptocurrency. On Thursday, World launched the system in the U.S., as well as a new Visa-backed payment card. (The Logic)

Talking point: World frames its platform as a solution to the problem of knowing whether the entity you’re digitally interacting with is human or bot, as AI becomes more capable and common. Its co-founders include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose day job is running the firm most responsible for pushing technology to the point where that’s a real question people buying or chatting online now have to contend with. But privacy regulators around the world have investigated World’s handling of biometric data. The organization reportedly began building its network of verified humans by recruiting users with cash in lower-income countries, and has been criticized for its methods and lack of transparency.