Guardrails

Also known as: Safety Guardrails, AI Guardrails, Policy Guardrails

In one sentence

Rules or filters that prevent AI from generating harmful, biased, or inappropriate content. Like safety bumpers.

Rules that stop the AI from saying bad or dangerous things—kind of like a parent watching over what it says.

Used to block hate speech, filter out personal data, prevent misinformation, or enforce company policies in AI outputs.

Learn more about Guardrails in these guides:

Design policies and guardrails to keep AI safe, compliant, and aligned with your values. Prevent harm, bias, and misuse.

Understand AI agents that use tools to complete tasks. When they work, when they fail, and how to use them safely.

Build rigorous evaluation systems for AI. Create golden datasets, define rubrics, automate testing, and measure improvements.