UNICEF, Self Labs Link ID Verification to Global AI Compute Access

UNICEF Digital Inclusion, the Connect and Compute Foundation and Self Labs announced a "Universal Basic Compute" initiative using government-credential proof-of-personhood checks to allocate AI computing allowances to individuals, schools, clinics and small businesses in emerging markets. Access to this global digital resource is tied directly to verified identity, even as zero-knowledge proofs avoid centralised data storage. Such identity-gated allocation systems show how participation in emerging economic and technological life is increasingly conditioned on verified personhood.