arXiv 16 Jan 2025; ICML 2025 position published as ‘AI Agents Need Authenticated Delegation’ (PMLR v267). Extends OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect with agent-specific credentials; natural-language permissions become auditable access control. The ethics constraint next to Flow/MCP and x402. MIT Connection Science / Media Lab, not a Quant product. Dazza Greenwood is on the arXiv author list; the ICML version drops that name.
“An AI agent that pays must carry delegated, auditable authority — not a key in a prompt.”