Overview
- World, which announced the changes Friday at its Lift Off event in San Francisco, rolled out World ID 4.0 with an account-based design, a public beta app, and an open-source SDK for developers.
- Tinder is expanding World ID badges to broader markets including the U.S., Zoom is adding a Deep Face check that shows a Verified Human badge in calls, and DocuSign is testing checks before digital signatures.
- World introduced Concert Kit so artists can reserve ticket pools for verified humans to curb bot scalping, and it released AgentKit so people can let AI agents act with a human-backed credential.
- The system’s top tier uses an in-person Orb scan of a user’s face and iris to make a unique code, with lower tiers using a government ID chip or a selfie, and the company says images are deleted after processing and proofs hide identity.
- World says about 18 million people are verified across 160 countries, yet the project still faces privacy probes and country bans, and its WLD token fell roughly 10% to 13% on Friday despite the new deals.