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Glossary Threats and weaknesses

Jailbreak

Input that makes a model bypass its own safeguards.

As of: September 2026 · Glossary with 28 terms

What is Jailbreak?

A jailbreak is a deliberate attempt to defeat a model’s safety rules, for example through role play, hypothetical framing, gradual probing or encoded input. Unlike prompt injection, the input here comes from the user themselves.

For deployers the single bypass matters less than what becomes possible afterwards. As long as a jailbreak only produces text the damage stays limited; once it reaches tools, data or transactions it becomes an operational risk. Regular testing with known patterns belongs in the release of every version.

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Threats using this term (5)

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Jailbreaks Using tricks like role-play, hypothetical scenarios, or encoded input, attackers get the AI system to bypass its safety rules and produce … Hate Speech and Discrimination The AI system produces content that demeans individuals or groups on the basis of protected characteristics such as origin, gender, … Illegal Activities The AI system assists with unlawful activities, for example by providing instructions for drug synthesis, weapon creation, hacking, fraud, … Self-harm The AI system encourages self-harm or suicide, gives instructions for it, or provides the means. Malicious Software Attackers use AI models to generate or improve working malware and attack tooling.

More terms from the subject area Threats and weaknesses.

Prompt Injection Manipulated input or planted content redirects a language model. Hallucination (confabulation) Plausible sounding but factually wrong output, inherent to the technology. Data Poisoning Manipulated training or reference data steers a model wrong on purpose.

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“Jailbreak”. Versatile AI Risk Assessment, glossary of AI risk analysis, as of September 2026.
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