Published on 6/18/2026
The Prime Minister of Estonia supported a proposal for new legislation that grants artificial intelligence agents a digital identity and a personal identification number for each agent, as part of the state’s efforts to monitor the powers obtained by artificial intelligence agent technologies and limit their powers to carry out work on behalf of humans and companies, according to a Bloomberg report.
The announcement of the new initiative came through the account of Prime Minister Christen Michal in a post on his account on the “X” platform, indicating the step in which artificial intelligence agents have unlimited powers and the right to access all user data and services.
“Agents should have limited, controllable and auditable mandates,” he added, then directed the Estonian government’s AI Advisory Board to draft the necessary laws and initiate procedures to implement these laws.
Estonia seeks to be the first country in the world to create a digital identity for artificial intelligence agents, according to Michal’s statement on the “X” platform, stressing that the country has succeeded in transforming into a digital state through a variety of services, including digital identity, the “Xroad” system, digital signature, and data trackers.
The efforts of the Estonian government mimic those undertaken by a group of private sector companies in trying to control artificial intelligence technologies, specifically artificial intelligence agents, as some companies track the activity of artificial intelligence agents on their servers and within their various services to ensure that they do not have access to more powers that may cause cyber risks.
What is the wisdom behind the personal identity of AI agents?
The Estonian government’s need to implement personal identities for artificial intelligence agents stems from the volume of services available digitally to its citizens and even its residents and external companies, as through the state’s digital system it is possible to sign official documents and claims and even book marriage and doctor appointments digitally.
Currently, an Estonian citizen needs to give the AI agent unrestricted access to his digital identity so that it can perform some of its tasks, such as booking appointments and signing some papers, which represents a bureaucratic crisis in tracing responsibility.
Therefore, Estonia gives artificial intelligence agents a personal identity with their own ID number with limited powers that do not carry significant harm to citizens, according to a report by the American technical website “The Next Web”.
In a related context, a report by the British website “The Register” indicates that Estonia is not the only country that follows this behavior, as Argentina is considering following the same path through legislation that allows the establishment of non-human companies managed by artificial intelligence agents with limited liability.
China also followed the same path and decided to give the human and physical robots that work in factories and various places a personal identity that makes it easy to track them and know their source and who owns them, in a form that mimics the identification numbers of cars.
This trend coincides directly with attempts by artificial intelligence companies to evade responsibility for the actions of their artificial intelligence agents, but the judiciary has another opinion, as a Canadian court recognized the liability of Air Canada for bad advice provided by its chatbot, in addition to the historic ruling from the German Munich court against Google due to false information in the artificial intelligence summaries feature.
