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Is that really your banker? World brings human verification to Zoom calls

As deepfakes grow convincing enough to pass for real people on live video, World is pitching banks a new line of defense. It offers cryptographic proof that the person, or the agent, on the other end of an interaction is genuine. The company launched World ID for banking and finance at Money20/20 o…

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  1. 2026-10-19 01:10 · The Next Web
    Is that really your banker? World brings human verification to Zoom calls

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