Guardrails are technical and policy controls that constrain model inputs/outputs to reduce unsafe, off-policy, or out-of-scope behavior.
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Guardrails
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Guardrails are technical and policy controls that constrain model inputs/outputs to reduce unsafe, off-policy, or out-of-scope behavior.
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Safety filters and rules wrapped around a model so it stays within allowed behavior.
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- NIST AI Risk Management Framework — risk vocabulary context for AI systems
- Brel Digital company and technology profiles — applied usage evidence where tagged
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