Vint Cerf is working on a plan to identify AI agents on the open internet, according to TechCrunch. The effort would create a standard for recognizing agents in the wild as more automated systems interact with websites, services, and users.
Agent identity is becoming a foundational internet governance issue. If AI systems can browse, negotiate, buy, and post at scale, websites need reliable ways to know when they are dealing with software, what it is authorized to do, and who is responsible for it.