Focus Group - Convened by ITU

Trust and identity for humans and agentic AI

A new ITU Focus Group bringing governments, standards bodies and industry together to define how people — and the AI agents acting on their behalf — prove who they are, and who they act for.

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Live · 09 July 2026

ITU launches global standards initiative to build trust in AI behaviour and identity.

New Focus Group will develop frameworks for people and autonomous AI agents to interact safely across digital systems.

Geneva, 9 July 2026 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for digital technologies, today announced a new initiative to develop frameworks for trusted digital identity and to ensure that the behaviour of AI agents remains trustworthy and accountable throughout their lifecycle.

The new ITU Focus Group on Trust and Identity for Humans and Agentic AI, announced at the AI for Good Global Summit, comes as AI evolves quickly beyond assistive tools and increasingly into autonomous agents acting on behalf of people.

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Why now

AI agents will soon negotiate, transact and make decisions on our behalf. We need common foundations that establish who they are, when they can be trusted, and how people remain in control.

Global Community

In collaboration with:

Afero
AI Commons
Alibaba Cloud
Anaconda
Ant Group
China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)
China Mobile
ChinaUnicom
Cognizant
Decentralized Identity Foundation
Ericsson
Ernie App
ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
France Ministry of Interior
Fraunhofer Institute
Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF)
GlobalPlatform
Huawei
Hyundai
Idakto
IN Groupe
India Ministry of Communications
Infoblox
Japan National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
Levio
MeetLoyd
MIHR – Machine Intelligence Human Ratio
Narnix
NXP
Omni One Open DID
Panodyssey
Privacy Machines
Raon Secure
Secure Identity Alliance
South Korea Ministry of Science and ICT
State Street
Thales
TNO
UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Vivo
Vodafone
World Bank Group
World Privacy Forum
Xor
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