On the Regulatory Potential of User Interfaces for AI Agent Governance
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| author | Feng, K. J. Kevin Kim, Tae Soo Pang, Rock Yuren Huq, Faria August, Tal Zhang, Amy X. |
| author_facet | Feng, K. J. Kevin Kim, Tae Soo Pang, Rock Yuren Huq, Faria August, Tal Zhang, Amy X. |
| contents | AI agents that take actions in their environment autonomously over extended time horizons require robust governance interventions to curb their potentially consequential risks. Prior proposals for governing AI agents primarily target system-level safeguards (e.g., prompt injection monitors) or agent infrastructure (e.g., agent IDs). In this work, we explore a complementary approach: regulating user interfaces of AI agents as a way of enforcing transparency and behavioral requirements that then demand changes at the system and/or infrastructure levels. Specifically, we analyze 22 existing agentic systems to identify UI elements that play key roles in human-agent interaction and communication. We then synthesize those elements into six high-level interaction design patterns that hold regulatory potential (e.g., requiring agent memory to be editable). We conclude with policy recommendations based on our analysis. Our work exposes a new surface for regulatory action that supplements previous proposals for practical AI agent governance. |
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| spellingShingle | On the Regulatory Potential of User Interfaces for AI Agent Governance Feng, K. J. Kevin Kim, Tae Soo Pang, Rock Yuren Huq, Faria August, Tal Zhang, Amy X. Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence AI agents that take actions in their environment autonomously over extended time horizons require robust governance interventions to curb their potentially consequential risks. Prior proposals for governing AI agents primarily target system-level safeguards (e.g., prompt injection monitors) or agent infrastructure (e.g., agent IDs). In this work, we explore a complementary approach: regulating user interfaces of AI agents as a way of enforcing transparency and behavioral requirements that then demand changes at the system and/or infrastructure levels. Specifically, we analyze 22 existing agentic systems to identify UI elements that play key roles in human-agent interaction and communication. We then synthesize those elements into six high-level interaction design patterns that hold regulatory potential (e.g., requiring agent memory to be editable). We conclude with policy recommendations based on our analysis. Our work exposes a new surface for regulatory action that supplements previous proposals for practical AI agent governance. |
| title | On the Regulatory Potential of User Interfaces for AI Agent Governance |
| topic | Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00742 |