In an opinion piece, Fadi Chehadé argues that AI agents need open accountability standards to prevent the emerging agent economy from fragmenting. He contends that without shared infrastructure for agent identity and permissions across platforms, trust will break down and competition will narrow to a handful of closed ecosystems. Drawing parallels to the internet’s early evolution, Chehadé argues that open, shared standards rather than fragmented, closed networks are necessary for the AI economy to function as genuine shared infrastructure.
