“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday introduced a toolkit of software and hardware products that add independent security layers around AI agents to ensure they stay within their test environments even if they attempt to break out…

The new Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform combines OpenShell, its open source software for controlling what agents can access while they operate, with Sentry, an independent monitoring system that runs on Nvidia’s BlueField-4 data processing units. Nvidia says placing Sentry on a separate processor — rather than on the CPU or GPU where the AI agent operates — provides an isolated view of the agent’s activity.

OpenShell isn’t new; the company announced the software in March. But it’s the combination that Nvidia believes will provide the security layer needed to keep the industry plugging along. OpenShell provides the software boundary around the agent, while Sentry adds another line of defense at the hardware level that the company says will continuously monitor behavior and 'quarantine agents that attempt to move outside their boundaries in milliseconds.'”

From TechCrunch.