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

Officials from both sides have expressed skepticism about AI regulation in recent days, with Trump citing the need to stay ahead of China in AI development as a reason for avoiding guardrails. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Expectations for a deal that establishes guardrails on AI are low on both sides, which continue to drive a headlong race toward potentially unfathomable intelligence capabilities. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Lawmakers in both parties agree more guardrails are needed, but even narrow attempts at regulation have fallen apart and a certain skepticism has set in. — Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

Board members and commenters noted at the board meeting, held at Polk State College, that the rules still allow AI tools deemed helpful to learning but provide necessary guardrails. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Anthropic, for example was created by a group of former OpenAI staffers that wanted to prioritize safety precautions and ethical guardrails. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

More recently, JPMorgan began using internal AI tools to help draft performance reviews, bringing AI into a traditionally judgement-heavy process with strong guardrails. — Russell Sarder, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Though there have been calls to increase safety guardrails on large language models, Anthropic’s approach sounds bizarre. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

Wilde said that many of the guardrails designed to protect the integrity of the checkoff program are simply not being followed. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026