MeitY proposes mandatory human checks for agentic AI payments

India's CERT-In proposes mandatory human-in-the-loop controls for agentic AI payments above specified thresholds, with full audit trails, as NPCI develops a Unified Agent Protocol to enable AI agents to make UPI payments. The proposal addresses trust and fraud risks in agentic commerce, following international concerns about autonomous agent spending.

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