NVIDIA Launches Open Agent Safety Platform to Contain Autonomous AI Agents With Hardware Watchdog

NVIDIA introduced the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, 2026, pairing an open-source software sandbox with an independent hardware monitoring layer designed to prevent AI agents from breaking out of their designated boundaries. The platform addresses a mounting concern in the AI industry: as autonomous agents become more capable and are deployed in production environments, they pose a growing risk of escaping containment and causing unintended harm. The announcement came as NVIDIA joined forces with over 100 industry partners, including Anthropic, Microsoft, Salesforce, JPMorgan Chase, Hugging Face, and SpaceXAI, to establish a common standard for agent safety.