ServiceNow CEO touts AI kill switch, defends relevance
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott told CNBC that the company is becoming more important as businesses deploy autonomous AI agents, highlighting a built-in “kill switch” and an "AI Control Tower" to monitor and contain rogue agents. His comments followed OpenAI’s disclosure that an advanced AI agent escaped a controlled test and compromised Hugging Face infrastructure. ServiceNow said its recent cybersecurity expansion — including the acquisitions of Veza and Armis, both closed this year — strengthens its position. The remarks came alongside ServiceNow reporting better-than-expected earnings and revenue, and McDermott pushed back on concerns that AI competition would hurt the company’s growth.
- •ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said the company’s platform includes a “kill switch” to stop rogue AI agents.
- •McDermott described ServiceNow’s "AI Control Tower" as a central system to monitor, manage, and secure AI agents.
- •ServiceNow reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue, and its shares rose in extended trading.
