McKinsey November 14, 2024
AI guardrails help ensure that an organization’s AI tools, and their application in the business, reflect the organization’s standards, policies, and values.
You know about guardrails on the highway: barriers along the edge of the road that protect vehicles from veering off course and into danger. With the advent of generative AI (gen AI), the concept of guardrails also applies to systems designed to ensure that a company’s AI tools, especially large language models (LLMs), work in alignment with organizational standards, policies, and values.
While gen AI can improve a company’s efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage, it can also introduce challenges and risks. As companies’ adoption of gen AI increases rapidly, guardrails are crucial to the responsible use of AI....