Autonomous AI Agent Validation Layer for Reliable Action Execution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing software development systems lack intuitive and reliable methods for selecting appropriate generative machine learning models and validating their outputs, leading to inefficiencies, security risks, and compliance challenges with evolving regulatory standards, particularly in high-risk applications like financial services and healthcare.

Innovation Solution

A data generation platform that dynamically evaluates machine learning prompts and validates outputs using AI models to ensure security, reliability, and compliance, employing proactive validation layers and generative AI to intercept and modify agent actions, identify biases, and map gaps in controls to operative standards.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If autonomous AI agents are deployed to perform tasks efficiently, then productivity and response speed improve, but reliability and correctness of actions deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagent operational efficiencyVSAvoidagent action correctness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a validation layer as an intermediary component between the autonomous AI agent and the execution environment. This validation layer receives actions from the agent, evaluates them against predefined criteria and constraints, and only allows approved actions to execute. This mediator ensures that autonomous agents can operate efficiently while maintaining reliable and correct actions by filtering out potentially harmful or incorrect actions before execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the validation layer continuously monitors agent actions and provides feedback signals. When an action violates constraints or produces unexpected results, the system can halt execution, flag the action for review, or adjust the agent's behavior. This feedback loop enables the system to maintain reliability while preserving the productivity benefits of autonomous operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If validation layers are added to ensure agent reliability, then action correctness improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagent action correctnessVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The validation layer is designed with multi-functionality to reduce overall system complexity. It performs multiple functions including action evaluation, constraint checking, security validation, and compliance verification within a single integrated component. By making the validation layer universal and multi-functional, the patent avoids the need for multiple separate validation systems, thereby improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary validation actions before agent actions are executed. By pre-establishing validation rules, constraints, and safety checks in advance, the system can quickly evaluate agent actions without requiring complex real-time analysis. This preliminary action approach simplifies the validation process while ensuring reliable and correct agent behavior.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If dynamic validation is implemented to comply with evolving regulations, then adaptability improves, but computational resources and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance with evolving standardsVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The validation layer incorporates dynamic capabilities that allow it to adapt to evolving regulations and standards. The system can update validation criteria, add new compliance checks, and modify evaluation parameters in response to changing requirements. This dynamic approach enables the system to maintain high adaptability to new regulations while managing computational resources by only performing additional validation when necessary, rather than continuously re-evaluating all past actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20260017525A1Validating autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents using generative ai
Publication Date: 2026.01.15 CITIBANK N A
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AI summary

The systems and methods disclosed herein obtain a set of alphanumeric characters defining constraints for agents and the agents' operational data. Each agent uses an output from a first set of artificial intelligence (AI) models and predefined objectives to autonomously generate proposed actions for execution on software application(s). For each agent, a second set of AI models evaluates the agent by identifying gaps in the proposed actions by comparing them with the expected actions. Using a third set of AI models and the identified gaps, the systems modify the proposed actions by adding, altering, or removing actions from the proposed actions.