Policy makers argue it must be clear who’s responsible for agents
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal on Wednesday said that the country will move ahead with creating digital identities for AI agents.
Agents – programmes built on top of AI models that can, for example, act autonomously to write complex code, set up websites or book trips – are becoming increasingly popular.
Estonia will now aim to assign “AI ID codes” to such agents to identify who exactly they are working for.
“In the future, AI will increasingly carry out digital tasks on our behalf,” Michal said on Wednesday. “To that end, it must be clear who is acting on whose behalf with what rights, and who is ultimately responsible.”
