{
  "slug": "ap2-human-presence-gap",
  "title": "AP2 proves the mandate. It doesn't prove the human.",
  "summary": "AP2 (Google \u2192 FIDO, 60+ partners) is becoming the agent-payment standard. Its Mandates are signed \u2014 but nothing guarantees a live, unique human signed. That gap is where deepfakes walk in.",
  "lede": "The Agent Payments Protocol is becoming the way AI agents pay \u2014 backed by Google, donated to the FIDO Alliance, 60+ partners including Mastercard, PayPal, and Amex. Its Mandates are cryptographically signed. But a signed mandate proves a key signed it, not that a live, unique, real human did. That's the gap.",
  "date": "2026-06-15",
  "reading_time": "5 min read",
  "category": "Standards",
  "tags": [
    "AP2",
    "agent payments",
    "FIDO",
    "standards",
    "deepfake"
  ],
  "image": "https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/AP2%20Human%20Presence%20Gap/1200_630/blog.jpg",
  "url": "/blog/ap2-human-presence-gap.html",
  "wordcount": 463,
  "related": [
    "web-bot-auth-vs-human",
    "agent-chargeback-liability",
    "prove-agent-authorized"
  ],
  "schema": "Article"
}