Trustworthy Agent Network: Trust in Agent Networks Must Be Baked In, Not Bolted On
The paper discusses the importance of integrating trust into Agent-to-Agent (A2A) networks from the outset rather than retrofitting existing protocols. It highlights the vulnerabilities that arise when autonomous agents collaborate, including adversarial composition and cascading failures. The authors propose a conceptual framework based on four design pillars to ensure trustworthiness in these systems.
- ▪The rise of Large Language Models has enabled the development of autonomous agents that can perform complex tasks.
- ▪A2A networks allow heterogeneous agents to coordinate autonomously, improving task performance but introducing new vulnerabilities.
- ▪Existing agent alignment techniques are insufficient to address the systemic issues present in A2A networks.
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Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2605.19035 (cs) [Submitted on 18 May 2026] Title:Trustworthy Agent Network: Trust in Agent Networks Must Be Baked In, Not Bolted On Authors:Yixiang Yao, Yuhang Yao, Xinyi Fan, Jiechao Gao, Jie Wang, Minjia Zhang, Srivatsan Ravi, Carlee Joe-Wong View a PDF of the paper titled Trustworthy Agent Network: Trust in Agent Networks Must Be Baked In, Not Bolted On, by Yixiang Yao and 7 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The rapid advancement of Large Language Models has given rise to autonomous LLM-based agents capable of complex reasoning and execution.
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