Action-Level Attestation: A New Governance Model for High-Risk AI Tasks
Instead of policing an AI’s reasoning, the paper proposes gating only its consequential actions, like prescribing medication or deploying code, through independently attested, cryptographically-bound preconditions. Execution is logged in a tamper-evident ledger, letting agents plan freely while high-risk moves need verified approval. A prototype demonstrates the approach in medical and software domains.