Sam Altman's World Partners with Tinder for Human Verification — Orb Scans Earn Five Free Boosts

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World (formerly Worldcoin) is expanding its Orb-based anonymous identity verification beyond crypto into mainstream consumer apps, starting with Tinder. Users who prove they're human by visiting an identity-verifying Orb get five free in-app boosts. This is the first major consumer partnership that monetizes World ID outside of token airdrops, validating the thesis that AI-era identity verification has value well beyond the crypto use case.