K.I.T.T.'s main CPU unit had apparently been housed inside Sky One without anyone's knowledge, most likely placed there by Michael or Devon. Devon's answer is that K.I.T.T.'s primary function is the preservation of human life, and Michael's in particular. This is made clear in the pilot episode when Michael asks Devon Miles if K.I.T.T. is programmed primarily to protect Michael and all human life at all costs.

was given to his new operator Michael Knight (the new identity of Michael Long). was later deactivated and placed in storage while K.I.T.T. was programmed for self-preservation, but this proved to be dangerous to the Foundation's interests. His predecessor was K.A.R.R., the Knight Automated Roving Robot. was in fact the second vehicle built by Knight Industries with an artificial intelligence. However, Wilton saw better use for 'him' in the Foundation's crime-fighting crusade and eventually the system was installed in the vehicle. K.I.T.T.'s main cybernetic processor was first installed in a mainframe computer used by the United States government in Washington D.C. was conceived and designed by the late Wilton Knight, a brilliant but eccentric billionaire and the founder of the ' Foundation for Law and Government', (commonly shortened to 'FLAG') and its parent Knight Industries. In the original series' history, K.I.T.T.