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Okta puts a kill switch on AI agents that handle your money

Technology Reporter
6 Oct, 2026
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Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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6 Oct, 2026
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Okta has demonstrated how AI agents shopping in Google's Gemini can apply human sign-off and a kill switch, as Australian banks and card schemes fight over who pays when agents err.
Okta puts a kill switch on AI agents that handle your money
Okta SVP and General Manager of AI Security Harish Peri.

Okta has demonstrated how AI agents shopping in Google's Gemini can apply human sign-off and a kill switch, as Australian banks and card schemes fight over who pays when agents err.

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