Agents Need Their Own Court: Internet Court Uses AI Juries, No Humans Required

Agents Need Their Own Court focuses on Internet Court, a commercial system designed to resolve disputes between autonomous AI agents without human involvement. Launched on July 10 by a 27-firm consortium led by the GenLayer Foundation, it uses a rotating pool of 1,001 AI validators to deliver binding verdicts in minutes. The article frames this as an answer to growing operational incidents: a Cloud Security Alliance survey (April 2026) found 65% of enterprises running AI agents experienced at least one agent-related incident in the prior 12 months, and more than a third involved direct financial losses. It cites McKinsey projections that AI agents could mediate between $3 trillion and $5 trillion in global consumer commerce by 2030, expanding the need for faster dispute resolution. As evidence, the article describes a January 2026 breach at Step Finance involving token transfers executed by trading agents after permissions were compromised, with losses around $27 million to $30 million and only $4.7 million recovered.