Nvidia launches a hardware watchdog chip to stop rogue AI agents in milliseconds

Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent

Nvidia launched the Open Agent Safety Platform with two layers: OpenShell, an open-source tool that traces every agent action and enforces boundaries, and Sentry, a BlueField-4-based reference design that acts as an external watchdog, quarantining rogue agents in milliseconds. Over 100 companies including Anthropic, Microsoft, and SpaceXAI have signed on, but OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Amazon are absent. The controls sit outside the model so agents can't talk or code their way around them. Sentry pricing and ship date are not disclosed, and all claims come from Nvidia and partners with no independent testing yet.

Why it matters: Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform has a two-layer hardware-software design with model-independent control and millisecond isolation, plus named backing from Anthropic and SpaceXAI. HKR all hit. Not scoring higher because only a blog report so far — no official Nvidia technic...