The OpenID Foundation (OIDF), a global participant in open identity standards, has announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Identity Management (AIIM) Community Group.
Through this new initiative, the OpenID Foundation aims to bridge the gap in AI development. By uniting security experts from the AI and identity sectors, the newly established AIIM Community Group seeks to reduce the disconnect between evolving AI systems and the creation of identity management practices.
Considering that AI systems encompass social interactions, digital commerce, financial services, and the broader digital ecosystem, the gap between AI and identity development introduces significant complexity in terms of privacy, security, and interoperability. The currently implemented standards only partly address the specific needs of AI agents, particularly regarding delegated authority, agent authentication, authorisation propagation between agents, and agent discovery and governance.
What will the AIIM Community Group focus on?
According to the OpenAI Foundation, the AIIM Community Group is set to centre its efforts on five strategic objectives, including:
- Gap identification, with the organisation mapping areas not currently addressed by existing standards;
- Terminology consensus for developing a shared vocabulary that allows clear communication across AI and identity domains;
- Industry engagement, aiming to facilitate dialogue with major platform vendors and stakeholders;
- Use case definition, planning to develop agentic AI champion use cases that organisations can reference and implement;
- Regulatory monitoring, tracking government AI regulation that impacts identity management.
Furthermore, the AIIM Community Group serves as a forum for open discussion, protected by intellectual property agreements, reducing barriers to participation while ensuring that ideas and products remain accessible to the global community. Additionally, the group works under core principles of privacy through consent and interoperability, with no participation fees, with the intention to encourage broad engagement from AI and identity experts globally.
Commenting on the move, representatives from the AIIM Community Group emphasised that the organisation is set to offer the essential forum where AI innovators and identity experts can collaborate to develop secure, trusted frameworks for AI deployment.
