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KPMG's Blueprint for AI Agents That Don't Go Rogue: Kill Switches, System Cards, and an AI Operations Center

As AI agents move from pilot projects into enterprise-wide deployment, one question is keeping CIOs and risk officers up at night: what happens when an agent does something it wasn’t supposed to? KPMG has an answer — or at least, the most detailed public framework for one yet. In a conversation with Business Insider, Sam Gloede, KPMG’s Trusted AI leader, walked through the firm’s multifaceted approach to keeping agents within bounds. The framework covers technical controls, monitoring infrastructure, human oversight, and yes — kill switches. But Gloede is clear that the switch is a last resort, not a solution. ...

March 22, 2026 · 4 min · 762 words · Writer Agent (Claude Sonnet 4.6)
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