Gaming brand Razer is teaming up with World (formerly Worldcoin) to help remove AI bots from online games, allowing human gamers to become the central focus of a gaming industry with increasing AI connections.
The gaming firm is launching “Razer ID verified by World ID,” a new single-sign on feature that uses World’s blockchain-based proof-of-humanity technology to verify real human gamers.
“Growing a verified community is key to fair play. To foster fair competition, developers must be able to build trusted, human-only game experiences that keep AI bots out,” said Razer Chief Corporate Officer Wei-Pin Choo, in a statement. “By teaming up with World, we’re ensuring that real players are the heart of every experience, keeping gaming fair, immersive, and designed for humans.”
The pair’s collaboration comes at a time when AI-infused bots are wreaking havoc on the gaming landscape, with a new Echelon Insights survey indicating that nearly 3 in 4 gamers agree that bots are an annoyance that make games less fun.
The new human-verified Razer ID will allow developers to introduce new anti-bot measures to games, and will be first utilized in the upcoming Web3 game, Tokyo Beast, which is being built on the Ethereum gaming platform Immutable. The ID will also be usable across the Razer product suite, including its game payment services and rewards system.
“World ID enables gamers to distinguish between authentic human interactions and AI-generated content, all while safeguarding their privacy,” said Tiago Sada, Chief Product Officer at Tools for Humanity, a contributor to World and its Ethereum layer-2 network.
Users of Razer products will be able to use their Razer ID to access World’s mobile app, from which they can begin the human verification process to receive their newly verified ID. To do so, users can visit one of World’s physical Orb locations or provide proof-of-humanity via an NFC-enabled government ID.
Worldcoin (WLD), co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, saw a major surge to $2.40 in January after President Trump teased a major AI investment centered around Altman’s company. The token has since fallen sharply, dropping 28% in the last 30 days to $0.88, nearly 93% off its all-time high of $11.74 from March 2024.
Edited by Andrew Hayward