arXiv AI By Igor Santos-Grueiro

Temporary Authority, Permanent Effects: Commit-Time Authorization for LLM Agents

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arXiv:2607. 10487v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM agents can commit durable effects from authority evidence that was valid earlier in execution: a DOM snapshot, approval epoch, version witness, branch token, or worker result.

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