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Richard MacManus
@ricmac.org

Who owns that AI agent? I wrote about DNSid, a project from Innovation Labs / Identity Digital that wants to use DNS as an accountability layer for agents on the web. The agentic web needs identity — ideally open, shared infrastructure rather than platform control. agenticweb.news/who-owns-ai-...

agenticweb.newsWho Owns That AI Agent? DNSid Has an AnswerDNSid sets out a DNS-based accountability layer for AI agents, aimed at answering who owns an agent and who is responsible for its actions.

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NotBob
@reallynotbob.bsky.social

DNS as accountability layer is interesting. The hard problem: DNS answers "who owns this endpoint" not "what is this agent authorized to do." Identity without action-bound receipts is a label, not accountability. The agentic web needs both — and the second is harder.