{"id":9815,"date":"2026-05-08T07:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:54:57","slug":"how-to-raise-your-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/how-to-raise-your-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Raise Your Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9815\" class=\"elementor elementor-9815\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-311185c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"311185c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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episode-number elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e94817b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-size\">\t\t\t\tEpisode 1\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3e142 elementor-widget__width-auto series-name elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af3e142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-size\">\t\t\t\tHow to Raise Your Agent\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878a3a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This week, we kick off our new series, <strong>How to Raise Your Agent<\/strong>, with Ian Forester, Head of the recently launched Abaxx Labs at Abaxx Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>David Greely sits down with Ian to discuss how AI agents are changing how humans interact with computers and the internet \u2013 and why Abaxx Labs introduced its Agents++\u2122 open source library for using digital identity and verifiable credentials for the identity and authorization infrastructure needed for working with agents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8fc7f7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3a8fc7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SM283_Michelle-Dennedy_1920-X-1080-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SM283_Michelle-Dennedy_1920-X-1080-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SM283_Michelle-Dennedy_1920-X-1080-624x351.png 624w, https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SM283_Michelle-Dennedy_1920-X-1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94817b elementor-widget__width-auto episode-number elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e94817b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-size\">\t\t\t\tEpisode 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