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Vint Cerf advises on standard for AI agent identification on the open internet
July 15, 2026 at 01:00 PM
After leaving Google, Vint Cerf is advising Innovation Labs on DNSid, a registry to identify AI agents and link them to domain names.
- Vint Cerf left Google after 20 years and began advising Innovation Labs, a subsidiary of Identity Digital.
- Innovation Labs has proposed DNSid, a registry that links AI agents to existing internet domain names using cryptographic proofs.
- Cerf said naming and identification are critical for establishing AI agent authority and accountability.
- Allie Kline, interim CEO of Innovation Labs, said the company is trialing the standard with unnamed hyperscalers and does not plan to own the registration data.
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