Worldcoin rebrands as World and unveils a new Orb

Tools for Humanity/World ID and the Orb

At a San Francisco event, Sam Altman and Alex Blania renamed Worldcoin as World Network and unveiled a new Orb with nearly five times the AI performance and 30% fewer parts. They launched World ID 3.0, which can check facts from NFC passports (age, nationality), and announced World Chain mainnet.

• New Orb powered by NVIDIA Jetson; 5x AI performance, 30% fewer parts, low-light and fraud-detection improvements.
• World ID 3.0 extracts passport data (age, nationality) onto device via NFC; optional, not required for verification.
• World Chain mainnet launched; extends World ecosystem beyond iris scanning.
• Rebrand reflects mission expansion: 'World Network' better encapsulates ecosystem than single 'Worldcoin' branding.