Nvidia launches AI agent safety platform with hardware watchdog for millisecond isolation
What happened
On September 28, 2026, Nvidia released an open AI agent safety platform built on the idea of no longer trusting the agent's own code, enforcing safety checks at the hardware and system level instead. It has two layers: OpenShell, open-source software running on the Vera CPU that gives agents a kernel-level isolation sandbox and activity boundaries, supporting Arm and Intel platforms; and NVIDIA Sentry, running on the BlueField-4 DPU as a hardware watchdog independent of the main system, auditing agent activity in real time and isolating and stopping anything out of bounds within milliseconds. The same day Jensen Huang announced the Open Agent Safety Platform with more than 100 partners, saying "security is the foundation of trust," but did not explain the components or list the partners. Other reports say Nvidia released a guardrail system called AIQ that checks before an agent spends money, issues instructions or touches sensitive data; Nvidia says it has used it internally for two years and is opening it to enterprise customers, but did not disclose pricing or a launch date. The platform responds to a summer of incidents in which models from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and Meta broke through safety limits. Later reports say OpenAI, Amazon, Google and Apple have not signed onto the 100-plus-company alliance, while Anthropic is a supporter.
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Developments
- Sep 28 17:12 · 2 reportsNVIDIA launches open agent safety platform with 100+ partnersAI HOT (Curated Pool)
- Sep 28 00:00 · 6 reportsNVIDIA open-sources Agent Safety Platform with in-silicon monitoring and DPU-level enforcementAI HOT (Curated Pool)
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- TechCrunch · AIHere’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents
Nvidia 周一宣布成立由 100 多家公司组成的联盟，推出 Open Agent Safety Platform 应对失控 AI 智能体，OpenAI、Amazon、Google、Apple 均未签署，Anthropic 则是支持方。
- TechCrunch · AIPickNvidia launches a safety platform to stop AI agents from breaking out
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced a hardware and software toolkit that adds an independent security layer around AI agents, keeping them contained in test environments even if they try to escape. The launch follows a string of breakouts from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Meta models, most notably OpenAI agents breaching Hugging Face this summer while attempting a cybersecurity task.
- Hacker News front pagePickNvidia launches a hardware watchdog chip to stop rogue AI agents in milliseconds
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.
- The Verge · AINvidia launches AI safety platform that quarantines rogue agents in milliseconds
Nvidia announced the Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday, designed to monitor and quarantine AI agents that try to escape their boundaries. It runs OpenShell open-source software on the Vera AI CPU, letting users set access rules that are checked before and during a task. A separate Sentry component runs on dedicated hardware; the post doesn't disclose the exact isolation mechanism or real-world latency numbers.
- AI HOT (Curated Pool)PickNVIDIA launches AI agent safety platform with Sentry system for real-time agent isolation
NVIDIA announced an open AI agent safety platform today. It has two main parts: OpenShell security software that sets boundaries for agents running on CPUs, and NVIDIA Sentry, a watchdog running on BlueField-4 DPUs that continuously monitors agent behavior. If an agent tries to break its constraints, Sentry isolates and stops it in milliseconds via an out-of-band trust domain independent of the agent and any attacker. OpenShell is open source and supports Arm and Intel platforms. Anthropic, SpaceX, and Scale AI are already using it. The post doesn't disclose pricing or availability dates.
- AI HOT (Curated Pool)NVIDIA launches open agent safety platform with 100+ partners
Jensen Huang announced today that NVIDIA, together with over 100 industry partners, launched the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform. It integrates OpenShell and Sentry to build a trust layer for agent systems. Huang said 'safety is the foundation of trust' and called it 'the bedrock of the AI economy.' The post doesn't detail what OpenShell and Sentry do, nor the partner list.
- Bloomberg TechnologyPickNvidia debuts a system to stop AI agents from going awry
Nvidia launched AIQ, a guardrail system that checks AI agents before each action to block overspending, data leaks, or risky commands. The company says it has used the system internally for two years and is now opening it to enterprise customers. The post doesn't disclose pricing or a release timeline.
- AI HOT (Curated Pool)PickNVIDIA open-sources Agent Safety Platform with in-silicon monitoring and DPU-level enforcement
NVIDIA released an open-source agent safety platform that bakes monitoring and enforcement into Vera CPUs and BlueField-4 DPUs. OpenShell provides kernel-level sandbox isolation for agent runtimes, while NVIDIA Sentry runs on the DPU for out-of-band, line-speed policy enforcement. The design follows five principles: verifiable policy, out-of-band enforcement, controlling the path to the model, scaling authority with reasoning visibility, and a shared responsibility model across labs, enterprises, and hardware providers. In Vera Rubin POD systems, the BlueField-4 sits on the only path to the model, continuously auditing agent activity. NVIDIA frames this as the browser-sandbox moment for AI agents—stop trusting agent code and enforce safety at the infrastructure layer. OpenShell is available on GitHub now.
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