Speaker
Kevin Kelley
Technical Lead for Standards @Anthropic, Focusing on Engineering Problems with Societal Implications
Kevin is a technical lead for standards at Anthropic, where he focuses on engineering problems with societal implications, such as how AI agents identify themselves and act on a user’s behalf, and helps coordinate the company’s engagement with standards bodies including the IETF. He studied computer science at MIT and has since built systems ranging from a CDN to a neural interface device. Before coming to Anthropic, he was a technical lead on Spanner at Google.
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Navigating Agentic Standards: What to Build On Now and What to Watch
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