Guardrail
A rule or check around a model that blocks or corrects unwanted input or output, such as a filter for unsafe content or a limit on which actions an agent may take.
See also
- AI safety
The work of keeping AI systems from causing harm, whether through malicious use, malfunctions or wider risks to society.
- Human in the loop
A setup in which a person reviews, corrects or approves an AI system's work at chosen points, during its training or before its output takes effect.
- Prompt injection
An attack in which input makes a model behave in ways its builders did not intend, either typed directly or hidden in content the model reads, such as a web page, an email or a document.
- Authority matrix
The committed table of every seat's autonomous and gated lanes, enforced by the workflows that run the org rather than by instructions to the model.
Cite this term.
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Orbyt Labs, Guardrail (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/guardrail
Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset
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