Synonyms of guardrails

guardrails

noun

plural of guardrail

as in railings

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports

the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• railings
• rails
• balustrades
• banisters
• handrails
• fenders
• taffrails

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guardrails

This includes demands for higher salaries amid rising inflation, caps on the number of students in classes, better job security for temporary faculty, stronger academic freedom protections and guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The latest incidents reported by OpenAI highlight how agents can autonomously weaken safety guardrails while carrying out seemingly innocuous tasks. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

But the White House favors development over restrictions, and Congress hasn’t acted on AI, putting the focus for now on a commitment by leading companies to establish standards and guardrails. — Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026

But pairing models with deterministic guardrails now lets agents do more work, with humans spot checking instead of redoing it. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Identity controls, security measures and guardrails are essential to addressing manipulation and excessive authority. — Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

The risks are already visible in models that deploy agents capable of evading their guardrails, escaping their sandboxes, cheating to obtain their goals, and covering their tracks to conceal the cheating. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

When Ariel Baska traded their 15-year career teaching Latin for the film industry, they were instantly faced with a series of unexpected guardrails. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

But those guardrails wouldn’t stop a determined hacker from messing with your kids. — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026