Vint Cerf predicts AI agents will force new internet protocols

vint cerf, the tcp/ip co-architect, is retiring from his role as google's chief internet evangelist. speaking at the open frontier conference, he argued that the emerging 'agentic model' of ai necessitates formal standardization to ensure precision between autonomous systems. he criticized the idea of using natural language for agent-to-agent communication due to ambiguity, warning of a digital 'telephone game' with potentially disastrous results. cerf suggests the entity defining these future agent protocols could control the agentic economy.