CrowdStrike's new kill switch can stop rogue AI agents in their tracks, CEO says

Summary

CrowdStrike announced an AI Kill Switch, part of its Falcon Guardian platform, at its Fal.Con Europe conference. It lets security teams terminate misbehaving AI agents, prevent them from restarting, and cut off their network access. The technology is available immediately.

Topics

• AI agents
• Frontier model safety

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