Cloudflare proposes identity and accountability tools for websites facing AI agents
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Cloudflare says AI agents now act on the web for millions of people while hiding the users behind them, so websites cannot recognize, serve, or hold those users accountable.
In a blog post, Cloudflare proposes identity, reputation, and accountability mechanisms built on existing standards, including Web Bot Auth and MOLE. It also announces the Trusted Agent Delegation coalition to develop them.
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AICloudflare argues that AI agents now act on the web for millions of people and hide the users behind them, so sites lose the ability to recognize, serve, and hold accountable those users. The post proposes identity, reputation, and accountability mechanisms built on existing standards such as Web Bot Auth and MOLE, and it announces the Trusted Agent Delegation coalition.
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