Estonia aims to be first to give AI agents official digital IDs

Estonia aims to be first to give AI agents official digital IDs

The country is extending a model it has run for decades. Estonia wants to give artificial intelligence agents a planned state-recognised digital identity of their own, a step Prime Minister Kristen Michal says would make his country the first to do it. The idea is to let software act for a person or a company without first borrowing that human’s entire set of credentials, rights and data. On June 17, Michal backed a proposal from the country’s E…