Bypassing AI Guardrails

Most of us have played around with prompt engineering by now, experimenting with different ways to get an AI to do exactly what we want. It really comes down to the ‘magic words’-the specific phrases and framing that can either trigger a perfect response or leave the model confused. It’s like the difference between “Wingardium Levi-O-sa”(explode) and “Wingardium Levio-sa”(levitation) Levi-O-sa v/s Levio-sa Jailbreaking Much like finding the perfect prompt to get a high-quality result, crafting specific words or phrases can be used to navigate around an AI’s built-in guardrails - often called “jailbreaking.” It’s essentially the art of finding a loophole in the AI’s logic. These methods take advantage of the fact that human language is flexible and messy, and AI models sometimes struggle to tell the difference between a helpful instruction and a “hacker” trick. ...

December 30, 2025 · 5 min

Commit Your Code Conference 2024 - Session

I recently had the opportunity to speak at The Commit Your Code Conference in Dallas. The Commit Your Code Conference The Commit Your Code Conference is one of a kind conference where 100% of proceeds go to FreeCodeCamp and St. Jude. Here’s the excerpt from their website. 100% of all ticket sales will be donated to charity. ...

December 5, 2024 · 3 min

Fun With Imagen 3

Google (re)enabled image creation cabaility via Gemini with their new Imagen 3. It can generate images, and you can request changes to the image through follow-up messages. I had to give it a try! 😃 Here we go! Generate a teampunk rose A martian is holding the rose The martian is surfing a big wave in hawai The wave is inside a snow globe Kratos is holding the snow globe Kratos is sitting in a boat A dog appears! ...

October 13, 2024 · 1 min