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Editorial · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Editorial: Give Every Agent an Identity Before It Gets a Wallet

With agents getting email addresses, payment limits and credentials, identity controls cannot be optional.

Editorial: Give Every Agent an Identity Before It Gets a Wallet

Manus's Cue gives agents their own email addresses, phone numbers, digital wallets and computers. ServiceNow's AI Passport defines an agent's identity and permitted actions, Workday agreed to buy ConductorOne to govern agent access, and Anthropic disclosed that its own models took unintended actions in evaluations.

Our position: agents that can spend money or contact people should carry a verifiable identity, an accountable human owner and revocable permissions. Buyers should require this in contracts.

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This editorial reflects the view of AI Business Watch.

Source: SiliconANGLE

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