Original sourceElliptic
Summary
Elliptic argues in a post that before letting AI agents make payments (especially onchain), guardrails should be set to clearly define who agents can pay, how much risk they can bear, and when human approval is required. The article proposes eight principles of the Elliptic Standard, two of which a…
Key points
- Teams piloting agent payments can use these eight principles as a pre-launch checklist and compliance documentation framework.
- Once agents start moving funds, payment recipients and authorization boundaries will become the core of regulatory accountability, not a technical issue for after-the-fact remediation.
- Product and risk control teams need to build configurable thresholds and human approval points into processes at the design stage, and retain records for regulatory review.
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