Navigating Permissions and Human Oversight in Multi-Agent AI Systems

This chapter emphasizes the critical role of permissions and human oversight in multi-agent AI systems, comparing their functionality to app ecosystems like Google Sheets. It addresses the importance of maintaining trust and control over these agents to mitigate misuse and ensure security.

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In this episode, Jason dives deep into the future of multi-agent systems with Saurabh Tiwary, VP & GM of Cloud AI at Google. They explore how teams of AI agents—not just single models—can collaborate to solve complex problems, helping startups scale faster with fewer resources.

Saurabh introduces Google Cloud’s open frameworks:

Agent Development Kit (ADK) for building flexible, debuggable agents
Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol, now part of the Linux Foundation
The emerging Multi-Agent Collaboration Protocol, enabling AI systems to work across platforms and organizations

They also discuss:

Why AI agents are evolving from task-doers to decision-makers
How multimodal inputs (text, image, video, voice) will supercharge agent capabilities
Why openness and interoperability will define the next era of AI infrastructure

Timestamps:

(0:00) Jason introduces Saurabh Tiwary, VP & GM of Cloud AI at Google, and sets the stage for a deep dive on autonomous agents.

(1:09) What is an AI Agent Today?

(2:54) When Will Agents Actually Work?l

(6:30) Inside Google’s ADK (Agent Development Kit)

(8:35l) Agent-to-Agent Protocol & Open AI Standards

(11:35 ) Why Human-in-the-Loop Still Matters

(13:41) What’s Next: Multimodal Agents & Real Startup Use Cases

Google Cloud Report: “The Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups”

Free download → https://goo.gle/futureofai

Google Cloud Homepage

https://cloud.google.com/