# Safety and Control Must Be Built Into the Computing Architecture by Jensen Huang > “AI capability and safety must advance together. As enterprises prepare to deploy billions of AI agents, safety and control must be built into the computing architecture.” > **— Jensen Huang**, *NVIDIA OpenShell Reference Architecture announcement, October 21, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Primary source:** [NVIDIA Launches OpenShell Reference Architecture for Safe AI Agents](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/openshell-reference-architecture) — official NVIDIA Newsroom release containing the complete statement. - **Verification:** The Reminder uses Huang's directly verified NVIDIA wording; it replaces the article's previously cited secondary formulation. - **Editorial treatment:** The first two contiguous sentences are reproduced exactly; the longer official quotation continues with OpenShell's defined boundaries and the Rubin, Vera, and BlueField architecture. - **Context:** Huang made the statement in NVIDIA's October 21, 2026 announcement of the OpenShell Reference Architecture, describing safety and control as properties of the computing architecture used to deploy agents. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/US-Israel Leadership Alliance|US–Israel Leadership Alliance]] - **Article:** [[articles/NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon|Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] - [[wiki/Infrastructure as Governance|Infrastructure as Governance]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “AI capability and safety must advance together. As enterprises prepare to deploy billions of AI agents, safety and control must be built into the computing architecture.” — Jensen Huang, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-safety-and-control-must-be-built-into-the-computing-architecture-by-jensen-huang ```