Real-time Guardrails vs Batch Evals: Understanding Safety Mechanisms in LLM Applications
In the world of Large Language Model (LLM) applications, ensuring quality, safety, and reliability requires different types of safety mechanisms at different stages. Two distinct approaches serve unique purposes: real-time guardrails and batch evaluations (evals). Let's understand how they differ and why both matter.
Real-time Guardrails: Automated Runtime Protection
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