arXiv paper proposes runtime authorization for resources acquired by AI agents

A new arXiv preprint titled "AcquireBound" examines how autonomous AI agents gain new authority by acquiring compute, credentials, accounts, services, and other agents during a task. The authors argue that existing payment, budget, OAuth, mandate, and fulfillment checks verify transaction conditions but do not resolve whether the accumulated authority itself should be permitted. The work proposes runtime authorization as a way to bound the resources an agent may acquire while operating.