Guardrails & Safety
AI guardrails and safety: content filtering, output validation, safety classifiers, and responsible AI deployment.
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Guardrails & Safety
The production safety stack: input/output classifiers, policy engines, and build-vs-buy decisions with real latency numbers.
Input & Output Classification Pipeline
A production LLM system requires safety checks at two critical points: before the prompt reaches the model (input classification) and after the model generates a response (output classification). These form a "sandwich" architecture that defends against both malicious inputs and harmful outputs.
Input/Output Safety Pipeline (Sandwich Architecture)
User Input
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