What happens when an AI agent moves money

1The problem

An AI agent is about to release $48,200. What evidence exists today?

Operational trace

What OTel-style tracing captured for this action.

span agent.run            northstar-payment-agent 1.4.2
  span gen_ai.chat        model=gpt-x  tokens=1832
  span tool.call          name=payments.release
    gen_ai.tool.call.arguments = {
      "beneficiary": "Harbor Freight Logistics Ltd",
      "account": "GB29 NWBK 6016 1331 9268 19",
      "amount": "48200.00", "currency": "USD"
    }
    approval.id = APR-2026-0912-7731
  span tool.result        status=released

Who controls this evidence?The operator — its backend, exporter, and retention settings. And it contains the account number in plaintext.