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

Previous Tyson Group polling cited in the memo found 72% of Americans supported government guardrails on AI, while 63% were concerned that adversarial countries such as China were developing the technology faster than the United States. — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026

Lawsuits filed and settled in 2025-26 have alleged that interactions with language models such as ChatGPT led to teen suicidal behavior and tragic losses, highlighting that commercial chatbots lack effective guardrails and crisis protocols. — Megan Kelly, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Whether that efficiency claim holds up under independent scrutiny remains an open scientific question, but the engineering approach—LED source, real-time skin sensing, and software guardrails—is what enabled the new OTC category. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

When OpenAI’s model escaped and hacked a rival company, Hugging Face, leading American AI technologies refused Hugging Face’s request to analyze the attack due to their safety guardrails. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

The plaintiffs allege that addictive algorithms and a lack of guardrails around harmful online content have led to a rise in depression, anxiety, and body image issues. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Hugging Face said it was forced to use an open-weight model developed in China to diagnose and defend from the hack because of the closed models’ internal guardrails. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

So, can a debt collector re-age an old debt, or are there guardrails in place to prohibit those types of actions? — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Some guardrails to prevent misuse had been disabled, the agency said. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026