Beyond A2A and MCP: How LOKA’s Universal Agent Identity Layer changes the game

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Agentic interoperability is gaining steam, but organizations continue to propose new interoperability protocols as the industry continues to figure out which standards to adopt. A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University proposed a new interoperability protocol governing autonomous AI agents’ identity, accountability and ethics. Layered Orchestration for Knowledgeful Agents, or LOKA, could join other proposed standards like Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) from Anthropic. In a paper, the researchers noted that the rise of AI agents underscores the importance of governing them. “As their presence expands, the need for a standardized framework to govern their interactions becomes paramount,” the researchers wrote. “Despite their growing ubiquity, AI agents often operate within siloed systems, lacking a common protocol fo ... Read full article.