In 2024, bots surpassed humans in web traffic, accounting for 51% of online activity, with a portion being malicious. This shift underscores the necessity for advanced identity and access management systems capable of handling both human and machine identities, as highlighted by Imperva's 2025 Bad Bot Report. Ory's partnership with Cockroach Labs is pivotal in developing infrastructure to manage AI agents at scale, exemplified by OpenAI's use of Ory's identity architecture and CockroachDB for ChatGPT's authentication needs. The collaboration aims to address the challenges of AI agents, which operate with significant autonomy, requiring robust OAuth solutions to ensure security and compliance. The introduction of protocols like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Google's Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol marks a transformative era in identity management, focusing on secure, scalable, and accountable interactions between AI agents. This evolution positions AI agents as integral participants in the digital economy, demanding innovative approaches to authentication, authorization, and auditability to prevent security breaches and ensure trust.