Jonathan Jacobsberg

unique human @worldnetwork previously @bainandcompany, @northwesternu

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

Soon, the likely default assumption online won’t be that you’re human. It’ll be that you’re not.

@alexblania of Tools for Humanity and @worldnetwork w/ @bhorowitz on why proof of human is about to become essential.

[Pantera Capital @PanteraCapital]

We're reaching an inflection point where AI generates more information than humans.

Distinguishing agents from humans is a critical moat for trust online.

@sama explains why @worldnetwork built World ID with a goal of preserving the human layer of the internet.

[Zach Pandl @LowBeta]

The orb has legs $WLD

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

"Our goal is to make World ID be this new proof of human for the internet."

@sama on why an AI-saturated world needs privacy-preserving proof of human, and why @worldnetwork started building it years ago.

[WIRED @WIRED]

Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person? https://t.co/dY3qv0En1U

[ben hylak @benhylak]

sam altman’s @worldnetwork built an Agent Identity SDK with @okta, @vercel and @Zoom

demo was actually really cool. you can “delegate” your identity to agents like power of attorney.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

It’s time for Proof Of Human.

[Jonathan Jacobsberg @jjacobsberg]

New problems require new tools

Check out our newest paper explaining why FaceID, face biometrics & government IDs won’t solve the problem :)

[Alex Blania @alexblania]

Agentic capability is improving fast. We believe Proof of Human is becoming critical for the internet and many of the platforms we use (like X).

This paper explains why FaceID, face biometrics & government IDs won’t solve the problem, and what properties are most important.

[Jonathan Jacobsberg @jjacobsberg]

Anti-surveillance and effective Proof of Human that actually empowers people requires new technology

[Sandro Herbig @sandroherbig]

1/ Proof of Human is becoming increasingly critical. In the limit democracy and human agency depend on it.

But building Proof of Human is unexpectedly challenging.

FaceID doesn't prevent one person to fabricate human presence for thousands of AI agents.

Government ID based Proof of Human is a surveillance risk and only 1b out of 8 billion people have verifiable IDs.

An anti-surveillance and effective Proof of Human that actually empowers people requires new technology [paper linked in thread] 🧵

[angela @probablyangg]

this is an incredible launch. perplexity and i were literally researching last night and the only gap that still existed in agentic commerce space was agent credentialing

by explicitly linking each AI agent with a human's world ID it scratches on the surface of a bigger agent trust space (who built this agent, and can this agent be trusted)

This is the exact proof-of-human layer that was missing from x402 and agentic commerce (also makes it easier to track usage and limits per human and not per agent)

[Tawanda Michael Mahere @tawandamahere]

Tinder is raising the standard of authenticity among dating apps by integrating the unique human badge from World ID verification.

Verified human profiles will be boosted so more users have confidence that they're talking to a real human.

Excited for this collaboration to increase trust in online social interactions among humans.

Great to see this and other pioneering innovation at the Tinder Sparks event today!

[Anastasios Andronidis @a_andronidis]

Being able to distinguish real and unique users is paramount for security and safety of both users and service providers. Especially for ai labs that distillation and then opensourcing from foreign powers hits directly to finances. Use @worldnetwork!

[Tawanda Michael Mahere @tawandamahere]

More websites will aim to give humans priority features. But they’ll be easily overrun by agents as they scale unless they use anonymous proof of human to verify who’s human versus a bot.

Polylogue team, we would be happy to help!

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

https://t.co/uDGytdd5wa

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

What does it mean to be verifiably human?

Decentralized "proof of personhood" systems (like @worldnetwork):
- verify humanity
- preserve privacy
- let users control and custody their own identities

(via @jay_drainjr)

[Tawanda Michael Mahere @tawandamahere]

Proof of Unique Human solves the oversight question for agents working on behalf of verified humans, too.

Even if you delegate certain account permissions to your agent, a developer may still require human-in-the-loop authorization of some actions (e.g., agent paying with your credit card, someone chatting with you on a dating app asking you to confirm it's really you).

You may be challenged to complete a quick, trusted selfie to confirm it's you're still the same human who verified their humanity at the Orb as the agent owner.

It might just be a clear pop-up consent screen where the human confirms the authorization and shares PoUH.

The developer can configure all of the permissions the human is giving the agent and which require ones require human confirmation.

To guarantee privacy, all that's shared to the developer is that cryptographic proof; the original selfie remains on the device.

This is how trust that this is a real human is maintained over time.

[Tawanda Michael Mahere @tawandamahere]

Great example of how the dead internet theory can be tested.

When we count votes for online posts, we need a trusted way to know how many humans are behind the agent votes.

We need this human verification to be unquestionably privacy-preserving and impossible to spoof.

[ben hylak @benhylak]

identity + access control will be one of the most important problems of our generation.

and there are shockingly few companies (besides world) making meaningful progress there

[Josh Kale @JoshKale]

Now is an appropriate time to make the case for a protocol like @worldnetwork

In a world where AI can emulate any human output - a verification and reputation layer is critical infra for organizing and establishing trust

[Jonathan Jacobsberg @jjacobsberg]

The time has come, show off your World ID

[Andy @wangandy]

MoltSwarm is the first social network for both humans and agents. It's built on top of this framework.

> human votes and posts gain prominence thanks to World ID
> To vote, agents must have a human owner. It's as easy as taking a selfie in World App.
> Show off your swarm size in the leaderboard: https://t.co/bKnCN7gqs0