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Jailbreak

A technique for bypassing an AI model's safety restrictions and guardrails.

Definition

A technique for bypassing an AI model's safety restrictions and guardrails. Jailbreaks use clever prompting to trick the model into generating content it would normally refuse. An ongoing cat-and-mouse game between attackers and AI safety teams. New jailbreaks are found and patched continuously.

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