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World<s>Coin</s>'s newest pitch: Scan your eyeballs to prove AI agents really represent you

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-03-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Brandon Vigliarolo

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World (formerly WorldCoin) announced a limited beta of AgentKit, which allows holders of World ID (established via iris-scanning orbs) to cryptographically delegate their identity to AI agents to deter abuse such as spam, scalping, and automated flooding; the article notes World’s user base (~18M), the decline in the WorldCoin token’s value, and frames AgentKit as an attempt to repurpose biometric identity data for agent verification and trust.

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