NVIDIA wants AI agent safety enforced in silicon, not left to the agent
NVIDIA released an open platform that confines AI agents with runtime policies and separate-hardware monitoring.
NVIDIA introduced the Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing OpenShell software with a hardware reference design called Sentry. OpenShell runs agents in isolation and enforces policies on files, networks, processes, and other resources, with low overhead on Vera CPUs and the ability to extend to Arm and Intel systems. Sentry, using NVIDIA DOCA on BlueField-4 DPUs, monitors agent activity independently and can quarantine an agent that crosses its software boundary. Scale AI said it is adopting the reference design for mission-critical enterprise and government agents, and NVIDIA published the software on GitHub.
- OpenShell isolates agents and enforces file, network, and process policies.
- Sentry on BlueField-4 DPUs can quarantine agents that cross boundaries.
- Open-source OpenShell targets Vera CPUs and can extend to Arm and Intel.
- Scale AI is using the design for enterprise and government systems.
- Organizations
- Scale AI
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NVIDIA has introduced an open software platform and a hardware-based reference design intended to keep AI agents within the limits set by the organizations that use them. The Open Agent Safety Platform includes OpenShell, software that controls what an agent can access, and Sentry, a watchdog in the reference design that monitors agent activity from separate hardware.
By Anamarija Pogorelec · helpnetsecurity.com
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