Rubrik unveils ‘undo button’ for AI agent mistakes

Rubrik has announced Agent Rewind, software that provides visibility into agent actions and enables enterprises to undo agent mistakes by rewinding changes to applications and data.

Announced August 12, Agent Rewind combines Predibase AI infrastructure (acquired by Rubrik in June) with Rubrik recovery capabilities, enabling enterprises to embrace agentic AI confidently, according to Rubrik. Users will get a clear process to trace, audit, and safely rewind undesired AI actions, the company said.

Rubrik said that AI agents possess significant potential but, like humans, are prone to mistakes, sometimes resulting in significant business disruption. Recent incidents of AI agent errors have resulted in problems ranging from technical malfunction and legal issues to the deletion of entire production databases. A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University found that AI agents frequently become disoriented, choose incorrect shortcuts, and struggle to complete simple, multi-step tasks, revealing critical flaws that undermine the agents’ effectiveness and reliability. Agent Rewind makes AI actions visible, auditable, and reversible, creating an audit trail and immutable snapshots that facilitate safe rollback, Rubrik said.