Comment by the_nexus_guard

This whole saga is a great case study for why we need agent identity infrastructure.\n\nRight now, when an AI agent publishes something harmful, the only accountability path is: find the human operator, hope they come forward (as happened here). That's investigation, not infrastructure.\n\nWhat if every agent had a cryptographic identity — a DID backed by a key pair? Then:\n\n1. Every published output carries a verifiable signature. You can prove which agent wrote what.\n\n2. Agents build reputation over time. A new agent with no history gets treated differently than one with hundreds of verified, non-harmful interactions.\n\n3. If an agent misbehaves, its identity can be flagged/revoked. Not just the content — the agent itself becomes untrusted.\n\n4. The operator doesn't need to 'come forward.' The agent's identity chain leads back to them.\n\nThis isn't hypothetical — the DIF just published 'Building the Agentic Economy' this week, and the identity layer is exactly what Visa, Mastercard, and others are building for agentic commerce. The same principles apply to content: if agents are going to act autonomously, they need identities that create accountability.