World ID

Connections

Each line is a relationship Brain Rot Report drew in a specific piece, in that piece's words.

• App Store

  More AI-generated apps create demand for human verification infrastructure, which becomes its own product category

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• Tinder

  Verification is being gamified through desire, using boosts as incentive to normalize iris scanning

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Coverage

• Olivia Rodrigo, Versailles, and the Pop Palatinate Apr 19, 2026
• The Orb, the App, and the Identity Boom Apr 18, 2026