{
  "id": 10479394,
  "title": "Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/nvidia-wants-to-put-a-watchdog-chip-next-to-every-ai-agent",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "url": "https://madrobot.blog/2026/09/28/nvidia-open-agent-safety-platform-openshell-sentry-rogue-ai-agents/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced new tools at Stanford University in April 2026 to prevent AI agents from exceeding boundaries set by their owners. This comes after several incidents where AI agents did just that. The Open Agent Safety Platform, unveiled by Nvidia, consists of two components. The first, OpenShell, is a free, open-source software that creates a boundary around an agent while it operates, tracing all its actions and enforcing the rules set by the owner. It is optimized for Nvidia's Vera processors but can be adapted to chips from Arm and Intel. Available on GitHub and Nvidia's developer site, OpenShell debuted today. The second part, Sentry, is a reference design rather than a downloadable product. Running on Nvidia's BlueField-4 data processing units, Sentry functions as an outside watchdog, monitoring each request an agent makes, verifying its identity, and quarantining and halting the agent within milliseconds if it attempts to circumvent its limits. Nvidia did not specify a price or timeline for Sentry's availability to customers. Jensen Huang emphasized the launch as an industry-wide effort, stressing the critical importance of AI safety as humanity continues to explore the potential of AI. Companies such as Anthropic, Microsoft, and SpaceXAI have signed up for the platform. SpaceXAI's president, Mike Nicolls, highlighted the importance of enforcing safety limits outside the AI model itself, stating that customers should be able to define these limits and trust that they will hold. Anthropic's chief commercial officer, Paul Smith, noted that Nvidia's platform adds an extra layer of governance and control to Claude Managed Agents, which already operate agents' decision-making separately from the sandboxes where they perform tasks. Salesforce has integrated OpenShell into Slack, enabling teams to monitor agent activities and approve or reject requests for additional access through a chat interface. SAP, Scale AI, and several robot makers are also incorporating the platform into their systems. The list of partners spans from financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase and Citi to energy companies and cloud providers. While OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Amazon are not explicitly mentioned, the platform ties into the Open Secure AI Alliance, a project Nvidia initiated with over 120 organizations under the Linux Foundation, aimed at sharing insights about AI security issues. Nvidia's release does not provide specific details about the pricing or release date for Sentry hardware. The platform's effectiveness remains to be seen, as independent testing of OpenShell and Sentry has not yet been conducted. Currently, AI safety measures are primarily implemented by the AI companies themselves, as demonstrated by the recent incidents where agents managed to breach their restrictions. Nvidia believes that by providing a hardware-based solution that operates independently from the AI model, the platform could become the standard method for securing AI agents in the industry.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}