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Guardrails

Guardrails are the technical controls that bound an AI system's behavior: input filters (blocking inappropriate requests or injection attempts before they reach the model), output constraints (verifying responses respect policy, format and allowed topics) and behavior rules (forbidden subjects, mandatory escalation to humans in sensitive cases).

Definition

They are the application layer above the model's native protections. Dedicated tools, from open-source libraries to cloud provider services, let you define these rules declaratively. In serious enterprise AI, guardrails are part of the design from day one.

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