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Guardrails

n. pl. Agents 2024

Rules and checks that limit what an AI system can say or do, such as blocking certain topics, requiring approval for payments, or filtering outputs.

“Guardrails stop the agent from deleting anything without asking.”

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In the history of AI

One of the Essentials

Guardrails is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2024.