Meta, Walmart and Stripe unveil protocol for AI agents — CNBC

Meta, Walmart, Stripe, startup Sierra and other companies have unveiled an open “personal agents protocol,” a technical standard for the interaction of AI agents with businesses. It is intended to help companies determine whether a person or their personal agent is acting on a website, as well as control such systems’ access to information and services, CNBC reports.

Identification and access control

The initiative is led by Sierra co-founder and OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor. According to him, businesses need to understand when a personal agent accesses data or services on behalf of a user and distinguish it from a random bot that does not represent a specific person.

Taylor compared the new mechanism to logging into websites using Google or Facebook accounts. In his view, the protocol should simplify authentication and provide companies with more information about the actions of personal agents on their web resources.

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User data security

Meta Superintelligence Labs head David Singleton said that users may provide agents with bank card data and other personal information for their operation. According to him, the standard should create additional opportunities for control and transparency in such processes.

Singleton also said that Meta’s personal agent Muse, launched in early September, already has millions of users in the United States and is growing rapidly. Among the agent’s potential tasks, he named enrolling children in classes, searching for and buying gifts, and planning a dentist visit.

OpenAI and Anthropic have not yet joined the initiative. Taylor said he expects other major AI developers to participate, as the project’s goal is to create an open standard.