In a world where AI programs now shop for us, a new problem has emerged: how do websites know a real person is behind the purchase? Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Sam Altman-co-founded World project, believes it has an answer. This week, it released a beta tool called AgentKit, designed to verify the humans operating AI shopping agents.

The tool connects a user's verified World ID—the core of the company's 'proof of human' system—directly to their automated agents. The most secure form of this ID comes from a scan of a user's iris using World's Orb device. AgentKit then integrates that verified identity with a new blockchain-based payment protocol called x402, developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare, which allows programs to transact online.

"Think of it like giving power of attorney to your agent," said Tiago Sada, Chief Product Officer at Tools for Humanity. When an AI agent makes a purchase, it can now present a badge showing it acts for a specific, verified human. Websites can then choose to trust those transactions or block bad actors.

The launch comes as automated commerce accelerates. Amazon, MasterCard, and Google have all recently introduced systems supporting AI-driven purchases. As this market expands, the demand for reliability and fraud prevention grows. World is betting that its biometric verification will become a foundational layer for trust. AgentKit is now available in beta to developers, with the requirement that users have an Orb-verified World ID to participate. The company's goal is to build stability into an automated commercial landscape that is already taking shape.

Source: TechCrunch