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Nefarious Data Collection Masking as Public Art? An A.I. Company Has Placed Mirrored Spheres Around the World in a Massive Eye-Scanning Project (news.artnet.com)

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A.I. company Worldcoin has rolled out 1,500 Orbs to more than 35 cities in a bid to create digital identities for the world's citizens.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I look forward to hearing the endless tales of people smashing the fuck out of these, and taking the hardware to figure out how to do greater damage to the entire project.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think these would look pretty cool in my art deco living room, and they're free too! Such a great deal ;)