OpenAI人事震动，世界币价格也随之摇摆不定
在萨姆·奥尔特曼被OpenAI解雇的消息传出之后，与他引人注目的创业项目相关联的加密货币——世界币（Worldcoin）的价格也随着事件的转折而摇摆不定。
11月17日，美国东部时间下午3点左右，OpenAI董事会解雇了硅谷的“摇滚明星”萨姆·奥尔特曼，原因是他“在与董事会的沟通中没有始终保持坦诚，阻碍了董事会履行职责。”OpenAI在一篇博客文章中说道。OpenAI是ChatGPT的创造者，也是科技行业最热门的公司之一。
根据CoinGecko的数据，奥尔特曼创立的世界币项目希望通过扫描人类的虹膜来防止人工智能反乌托邦，该项目的加密货币价格随后下跌了近10%，从约2.04美元跌至1.84美元的低点。然而，就像其迅速下跌一样，它在11月19日又迅速飙升至2.54美元的高点，几乎上涨了40%，这是因为OpenAI董事会在公司员工的普遍抗议下考虑恢复奥尔特曼的职务。
现在，截至11月20日上午，该代币再次跌至2.29美元，此前OpenAI董事会决定不让奥尔特曼复职，而是让直播巨头Twitch的前首席执行官埃米特·希尔接替他。微软（Microsoft）随后宣布，奥尔特曼和其他OpenAI的叛逃者将加入该公司，“领导一个新的高级人工智能研究团队”。
虽然目前还不清楚OpenAI董事会为什么会说奥尔特曼“没有始终保持坦诚”，但关于这位前首席执行官被撤职的原因，人们众说纷纭，包括他参与了一系列副业——其中最著名的是世界币，这是他最宏大的项目之一，已经受到监管机构的审查。
世界币由Tools for Humanity公司开发，成立的初衷是为了解决OpenAI可能造成的问题：随着人工智能变得越来越先进，越来越多的人将失去工作。因此，世界币的支持者认为，当机器人主导劳动力市场时，需要一种全民基本收入（这里指的是加密货币）来帮助人们维持生计。人类如何证明自己是人类，以确保这些资金准确无误地只分配给生物呢？当然是通过银色球体扫描眼球。
然而，自成立以来，世界币淡化了其对全民基本收入的雄心，而是让其技术聚焦如何助力我们把人类与机器人（人工智能将不可避免地给互联网带来机器人祸患）区分开来。虽然看起来纯粹是科幻小说，但Tools for Humanity已经让足够多的投资者相信了世界币的可行性，并在最近一轮的融资中净得1.15亿美元。
今年7月，世界币的加密货币正式上线，监管机构自此开始对该项目进行审查。据报道，8月，德国当局对世界币展开调查，10月，肯尼亚议会小组认为应该叫停世界币。（财富中文网）
译者：中慧言-王芳
在萨姆·奥尔特曼被OpenAI解雇的消息传出之后，与他引人注目的创业项目相关联的加密货币——世界币（Worldcoin）的价格也随着事件的转折而摇摆不定。
11月17日，美国东部时间下午3点左右，OpenAI董事会解雇了硅谷的“摇滚明星”萨姆·奥尔特曼，原因是他“在与董事会的沟通中没有始终保持坦诚，阻碍了董事会履行职责。”OpenAI在一篇博客文章中说道。OpenAI是ChatGPT的创造者，也是科技行业最热门的公司之一。
根据CoinGecko的数据，奥尔特曼创立的世界币项目希望通过扫描人类的虹膜来防止人工智能反乌托邦，该项目的加密货币价格随后下跌了近10%，从约2.04美元跌至1.84美元的低点。然而，就像其迅速下跌一样，它在11月19日又迅速飙升至2.54美元的高点，几乎上涨了40%，这是因为OpenAI董事会在公司员工的普遍抗议下考虑恢复奥尔特曼的职务。
现在，截至11月20日上午，该代币再次跌至2.29美元，此前OpenAI董事会决定不让奥尔特曼复职，而是让直播巨头Twitch的前首席执行官埃米特·希尔接替他。微软（Microsoft）随后宣布，奥尔特曼和其他OpenAI的叛逃者将加入该公司，“领导一个新的高级人工智能研究团队”。
虽然目前还不清楚OpenAI董事会为什么会说奥尔特曼“没有始终保持坦诚”，但关于这位前首席执行官被撤职的原因，人们众说纷纭，包括他参与了一系列副业——其中最著名的是世界币，这是他最宏大的项目之一，已经受到监管机构的审查。
世界币由Tools for Humanity公司开发，成立的初衷是为了解决OpenAI可能造成的问题：随着人工智能变得越来越先进，越来越多的人将失去工作。因此，世界币的支持者认为，当机器人主导劳动力市场时，需要一种全民基本收入（这里指的是加密货币）来帮助人们维持生计。人类如何证明自己是人类，以确保这些资金准确无误地只分配给生物呢？当然是通过银色球体扫描眼球。
然而，自成立以来，世界币淡化了其对全民基本收入的雄心，而是让其技术聚焦如何助力我们把人类与机器人（人工智能将不可避免地给互联网带来机器人祸患）区分开来。虽然看起来纯粹是科幻小说，但Tools for Humanity已经让足够多的投资者相信了世界币的可行性，并在最近一轮的融资中净得1.15亿美元。
今年7月，世界币的加密货币正式上线，监管机构自此开始对该项目进行审查。据报道，8月，德国当局对世界币展开调查，10月，肯尼亚议会小组认为应该叫停世界币。（财富中文网）
译者：中慧言-王芳
After news broke of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, the cryptocurrency associated with his eyeball-grabbing venture, Worldcoin, seesawed with each twist and turn of the story.
On November 17, at approximately, 3 p.m. ET, the board of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and one of the tech industry’s buzziest companies, fired Sam Altman, a Silicon Valley rock star, because he was “not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” it said in a blog post.
Subsequently, the price of the cryptocurrency for Worldcoin, a project founded by Altman that hopes to prevent AI dystopia through scanning humanity’s irises, dropped almost 10%, from about $2.04 to a low of $1.84, according to data from CoinGecko. However, just as quickly as it dropped, it shot back up to a high of $2.54 on November 19, an almost 40% price increase as the OpenAI board considered reinstating Altman amid widespread outcry from company staff.
Now, as of November 20 morning, the token dropped again, to $2.29, following the decision of the OpenAI board to not reinstate Altman and instead replace him with Emmett Shear, the former CEO of live-streaming giant Twitch. Microsoft has since announced that Altman and other OpenAI defectors will be joining the company to “to lead a new advanced AI research team.”
While it's unclear why the OpenAI board said Altman was "not consistently candid," theories abound over why the former CEO was removed, including his participation in a slew of side hustles—most notably Worldcoin, one of his most grandiose projects and one that has already fallen under the scrutiny of regulators.
Developed by the company Tools for Humanity, Worldcoin originally was founded to combat the problem that OpenAI is arguably creating: As AI grows more advanced, more people will lose jobs. Therefore, Worldcoin proponents argue, a version of universal basic income—in this case, cryptocurrency—is needed to help support people as robots come to dominate the labor force. And how do humans prove they're human to ensure said funds are correctly distributed only to living beings? Through an eye-scanning silver orb, of course.
Since its founding, however, Worldcoin has played down its ambitions for UBI and instead focused on how its tech can help us distinguish humans from the scourge of bots that AI will inevitably bring to the internet. While seemingly pure science fiction, Tools for Humanity has convinced enough investors of Worldcoin's viability, netting $115 million in its most recent funding round.
In July, Worldcoin's cryptocurrency officially went live, and regulators have since begun sniffing around the project. In August, German authorities were reportedly investigating Worldcoin, and in October, a Kenyan parliamentary panel argued that Worldcoin should be shut down.
