AI
How to Trust AI Agents on the Web: Proof, Stake, and Smarter Safeguards
The "agentic web" is coming: billions of AI agents that buy, sell, and collaborate online. But who - and what - do we trust? This study compares six ways agents earn trust: * Brief: verifiable profiles/IDs * Claim: self-declared skills * Proof: cryptography and hardware attestations * Stake: collateral with slashing/