World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and an expanded, Venmo-like capability for sending and requesting crypto.  World was created by the startup Tools for Humanity in 2019, and originally launched its app in 2023….

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OpenAI, Harvard, Bloomberg, NYTimes among institutions urged to cut ties with Larry Summers over Epstein emails

OpenAI, Harvard, Bloomberg, NYTimes among institutions urged to cut ties with Larry Summers over Epstein emails

“OpenAI, Harvard, Bloomberg, NYTimes among institutions urged to cut ties with Larry Summers over Epstein emails” OpenAI, Harvard University, Bloomberg and the New York Times kept mum as they faced demands to cut ties with Larry Summers following revelations that the ex-Treasury Secretary exchanged emails with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Summers, 70, was one of…

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OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers

OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers

A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support the company’s ambitious plans for data center construction. The letter — from OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane and addressed to the White House’s director of science and technology policy Michael Kratsios — argued that…

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