Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet

TechCrunch AI · 1 day ago

Vint Cerf, who left Google after 20 years, is now advising Innovation Labs to develop open standards for identifying and auditing AI agents operating across the internet. The organization proposes DNSid, a system using domain names and cryptographic proofs to establish agent identities and track their registration over time, and is currently testing it with unnamed hyperscalers. Widespread adoption of agent identification standards will depend on whether they can interoperate across different systems, similar to how TCP/IP became the internet standard through user pressure.