Know Your Agent: Governing AI Identity on the Agentic Web

The agentic web refers to a vision of the internet where AI agents play a central role in facilitating interactions, automating tasks, and enhancing user experiences. Realizing this vision requires us to rethink how we govern the internet. Within the agentic web, the promise of AI systems becoming more decentralized and autonomous represents unique challenges and opportunities for governance, necessitating innovative approaches to ensure responsible integration into society. Toward this end, we propose 'Know Your Agent', a theoretical framework designed to mobilize research and development efforts to manage Decentralized AI agents through identity verification, behavioral monitoring, and accountability mechanisms.