Nvidia wants a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
jonbaer · hn · 2026-09-28
Nvidia is pushing its Open Agent Safety Platform (Openshell/Sentry), built around placing a hardware watchdog chip beside every AI agent to monitor behavior in real time and intervene when agents go rogue. The piece covers the rogue-agent threat it targets, the platform's open positioning, and how hardware-level monitoring differs from software guardrails.
More from Infra
- boxd claims a full Linux machine that boots in under 10ms, forkable mid-run — Scobleizer · 2026-09-29
- Starlink V3 Satellites Hit 1 Tbps Each; Single Launch Adds 26 Tbps Capacity — andreisavu · 2026-09-29
- Agent coding at scale hits a CI bottleneck: dev built dsr after $5k/month GitHub Actions bill — doodlestein · 2026-09-29
- Cloud Planner + Local Coder: 2.7x Cheaper but 9x Slower in a Real Agent Build — GapNew4766 · 2026-09-29
- Turbopuffer cofounder confirms Cursor dropped server-side RAG for grep as models improved — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-09-29
- Memory and SSD prices may keep rising on AI demand, podcaster urges upgrading Macs now — vista8 · 2026-09-29