Estonia is working on creating a digital identity for AI agents. This will allow artificial intelligence to act on behalf of a person, company, or institution in the future within clearly defined boundaries of authority, with the possibility of control and audit.
Estonia is working on creating a digital identity for AI agents. This will allow artificial intelligence to act on behalf of a person, company, or institution in the future within clearly defined boundaries of authority, with the possibility of control and audit.
"In the future, artificial intelligence will increasingly perform digital operations on behalf of a person, company or institution - it will compile reports, prepare declarations or communicate with information systems. For this, it must be clearly defined who acts, on whose behalf, with what rights and who is responsible," says Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.
Providing digital identities to AI agents means that an AI agent acting on behalf of a person or company can be given limited and controlled powers. This will help avoid a situation where a person or company is forced to grant an AI assistant access to all of their rights, services, and data. For example, it should be possible to clearly define whether an agent can only view data, prepare a document, make a payment, or act exclusively within a certain monetary limit.
"If we act quickly and smartly, Estonia will become the first country in the world to create an official digital identity for AI agents," the Prime Minister adds.
