Linux Foundation extends DNS to AI agents with new Agent Name Service
The Linux Foundation said today it plans to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that gives artificial intelligence agents trusted identities through the same Domain Name System that already runs the internet. Using ANS, a system or a person can confirm what organization an agent belongs to and what it has permission to [... ] The post Linux Foundation extends DNS to AI agents with new Agent Name Service appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
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- SiliconANGLE UPDATED 09:00 EDT / JUNE 23 2026 AI Linux Foundation extends DNS to AI agents with new Agent Name Service by Duncan Riley The Linux Foundation said today it plans to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that gives artificial intelligence agents trusted identities through the same Domain Name System that already runs the internet.
Using ANS, a system or a person can confirm what organization an agent belongs to and what it has permission to do.
- The Linux Foundation pointed to World Economic Forum data showing 82% of executives plan to adopt AI agents within one to three years.
Many of those same executives are not confident they can vet or control the agents once they are running.
- Jared Sine, chief strategy and legal officer at GoDaddy Inc.
, said building on proven internet foundations gives agents a way to be identified across the open web without recreating the walled gardens of earlier platform shifts.
- The Linux Foundation is asking enterprises, developers, infrastructure providers and security researchers to contribute.
Technical repositories and contribution details are available through the Agent Name Service organization on GitHub.
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- #Identity is tied straight to DNS, which handles more than 100 million queries per second worldwide.
- #The Linux Foundation pointed to World Economic Forum data showing 82% of executives plan to adopt AI agents within one to three years.
SiliconANGLE UPDATED 09:00 EDT / JUNE 23 2026 AI Linux Foundation extends DNS to AI agents with new Agent Name Service by Duncan Riley The Linux Foundation said today it plans to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that gives artificial intelligence agents trusted identities through the same Domain Name System that already runs the internet. Using ANS, a system or a person can confirm what organization an agent belongs to and what it has permission to do. It can also show whether the agent's code or its record of past activity has been altered.
There is no new lookup network and no proprietary registry. Identity is tied straight to DNS, which handles more than 100 million queries per second worldwide. The timing reflects how quickly agents are reaching live systems.
Enterprises are putting agents into production before they have settled how to authenticate them, govern what they do or make them work across systems. The Linux Foundation pointed to World Economic Forum data showing 82% of executives plan to adopt AI agents within one to three years. Many of those same executives are not confident they can vet or control the agents once they are running.
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