{"id":739224,"date":"2026-07-16T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:50:35","slug":"vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Vint Cerf wants to give AI agents an identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6afa372a45461\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6afa372a45461\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/#The_missing_layer\" >The missing layer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/#Why_Cerf_signed_up\" >Why Cerf signed up<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/#Keeping_it_open\" >Keeping it open<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vint-cerf-wants-to-give-ai-agents-an-identity\/#An_agent-shaped_internet\" >An agent-shaped internet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>Soon the internet will be full of AI agents acting on our behalf. Right now, there is no reliable way to tell who stands behind any of them. Vint Cerf, one of the people who built the internet, wants to fix that.<\/p>\n<p>Cerf co-designed TCP\/IP, the protocol that lets the internet\u2019s independent systems talk to each other. He left Google last week after 20 years. Now he is joining the advisory council of Innovation Labs, a group building an open identity layer for AI agents, the company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/07\/15\/3327863\/0\/en\/Internet-Architect-Vint-Cerf-Joins-Innovation-Labs-to-Advance-Open-Architecture-for-AI-Agent-Accountability.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_missing_layer\"><\/span>The missing layer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The problem is simple to state. Most AI agents today live inside one company\u2019s systems. But firms want them roaming the open web, dealing directly with other agents. There is no shared way to prove who owns an agent, or who answers for what it does.<\/p>\n<p>Innovation Labs is a division of Identity Digital, a firm that runs domain-name registries. Its idea, called DNSid, would give each agent a lasting identity tied to an existing domain name, backed by cryptographic proof. It has already submitted the design to the internet\u2019s main standards body.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Cerf_signed_up\"><\/span>Why Cerf signed up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cerf frames it as the internet\u2019s next big architectural problem. The trigger, he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/15\/vint-cerf-is-working-on-a-plan-to-unleash-ai-agents-on-the-open-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TechCrunch<\/a>, is \u201cthe question of what authorities they have, where they have derived those authorities, who is accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expects it to be messy. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a fascinating, and at the same time maybe even exasperating, period,\u201d he said. Rival standards are already <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing. Cerf thinks none will win on politics, only on what works, as happened with TCP\/IP.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keeping_it_open\"><\/span>Keeping it open<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The pitch is that no single tech giant should own the standard. Innovation Labs says it will not hold the registration data itself. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of organ rejection to a hyperscaler releasing a standard and having that proprietary data,\u201d interim boss Allie Kline told TechCrunch. The group says it is already trialling the system with several unnamed cloud giants.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_agent-shaped_internet\"><\/span>An agent-shaped internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The stakes are rising because agents are spreading fast, from Amazon\u2019s revamped Alexa to enterprise tools, and they are already causing trouble. Researchers have tricked them into leaking private code and even running a full ransomware attack. Regulators are scrambling too, from China\u2019s new agent rules to Delaware\u2019s plan to give agents a legal identity.<\/p>\n<p>Cerf is not sure the agent-run internet is inevitable. But he thinks people will try to build it anyway. \u201cWe are fundamentally lazy creatures,\u201d he said. If an agent can do a job for us, we will let it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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