CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the company can now shut down rogue AI agents with its new AI Kill Switch, announced at the Fal.Con Europe conference. The feature lets security teams terminate misbehaving agents, prevent them from restarting and cut off their network access, and it is available immediately as part of the Falcon Guardian platform. Kurtz argued that security providers must also ensure AI agents operate safely within organizations, not only defend against outside threats, and compared the tool to airbags in cars. He pointed to CrowdStrike's partnership with Anthropic for Claude Cowork, saying enterprise customers wanted CrowdStrike integrated before deploying Anthropic's offerings. Shares closed at a record high of $278.86 on Oct. 6 but have since fallen about 12% as tech stocks struggled in October and into November.
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