Managing digital artifact access using agentic artificial intelligence models

Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein automatically authorize, audit, and manage usage of protected digital content via agentic artificial intelligence (AI) models. A data access/usage request is received (e.g., from a graphical user interface) that is associated with digital assets licensed from third parties. The system uses a first AI agent set to identify the digital content and retrieve corresponding access policies from a distributed database. The system uses a second AI agent set (same as or different from the first AI agent set) to evaluate the request against the retrieved policy to generate a permission set and/or settlement instructions. The system uses a third AI agent set (same as or different from the first and/or second AI agent sets) to embed digital watermarks and/or cryptographic signatures into the accessed content, and to record an audit trail of access, authorization, and/or settlement events in a distributed ledger or database.