Why Are We Still Governing AI Agents Like Software? - Tim Tyler, Gravitee
Nobody would hire a worker with no ID, no manager and shared passwords, yet that's how most companies deploy AI agents.
Tim Tyler of Gravitee presents the Agent Accountability framework, which governs agents like a digital workforce in three stages: Assignment (identity, team, a named human sponsor), Alignment (role, mission and least-privilege authority) and Administration (oversight scorecards, guardian agents and step-by-step recourse when agents go off course). Chapters: 0:00 The job posting nobody would accept 1:15 Agents as a digital workforce 2:27 Assignment: identity, team and sponsor 6:00 Alignment: role and mission 7:37 Authority and lowest scope 9:34 Never assume alignment 11:17 Administration: oversight scorecards 13:35 Agents need micromanagers 14:21 Recourse when agents go wrong 17:05 Recap Tim Tyler https://www.gravitee.io Agent Accountability Framework: https://agentaccountabilityframework.org Join us in SF for the second annual AIE CODE summit: https://aie.codes our last flagship summit of 2026. Applications live now!
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