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Nvidia proposes watchdog chip to monitor AI agents

Original: Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent

Nvidia is developing a hardware-based safety layer, referred to as OpenShell Sentry, designed to sit alongside AI agents and monitor their behaviour for signs of rogue or unsafe actions. The idea is that a dedicated watchdog chip could intervene when an autonomous AI system misbehaves, adding a physical check on software that increasingly acts on its own. Discussion is focused on whether hardware oversight can keep pace with fast-moving agent systems.

Why now: Concern over AI agents acting autonomously and unsafely is driving interest in hardware-level safety mechanisms.

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