FIDO Alliance, Google, and Mastercard Team Up to Secure AI Agent Shopping

The FIDO Alliance, in collaboration with Google and Mastercard, is developing new security standards to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases. As AI agents become capable of autonomously shopping online, the risk of financial fraud and runaway spending increases. The initiative aims to create protocols that allow AI agents to make payments while maintaining user control and security. This effort addresses the growing need for secure authentication in an era of increasingly autonomous digital assistants.