guardrail

Definition

A safety check meant to keep an AI from doing things it shouldn't.

A trained or programmed constraint on model behavior, typically implemented through refusal training, content filters, system-prompt rules, or runtime monitors.

Also called: guardrails

Mentioned in 4 episodes

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   Treating Hallucinations as Exploits: A Gate-Based Architecture for Agent Safety
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   An AI Agent Swapped In Focal Loss And Beat A Human-Tuned Training Script
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   An AI Agent Reached for Root in Twelve Minutes, Without Being Attacked
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