- Vint Cerf, a key figure in internet protocols, has left Google and is now advising Innovation Labs, an organization developing open architecture for AI agent identification.
- Innovation Labs, a subsidiary of Identity Digital, proposes DNSid, a system using cryptographic proofs to link AI agent identities to existing domain names, aiming to address accountability in a future with more AI-to-AI interactions.
- A major challenge is the lack of shared standards for identifying and auditing AI agents, as current agents often operate within proprietary systems without interoperability.
- Cerf emphasizes the importance of functionality for widespread protocol adoption, drawing parallels to TCP/IP, and notes that user pressure will drive the need for interoperability between different AI technologies.
- He believes the growth of an 'agentic economy' is not inevitable but likely due to human preference for convenience, though issues around accountability, authority, and trust in AI agents remain complex and unresolved.