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safeguards

  • plural
    of safeguard.
    safeguard
    noun
    something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
  • present tense form
    of safeguard (3rd person singular).
    safeguard
    noun
    something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.

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"The company must strengthen its safeguards to prevent similar incidents from impacting city systems without the city's knowledge," Philadelphia police said in a statement to local media, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Police said their safeguards had limited the impact, but that these "do not diminish the seriousness of an AI system presenting fabricated information as though it came from a person with knowledge of a homicide."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Work on automated safeguards continued, with ground-collision avoidance systems later ending up in some U.S. jet fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He also issued an executive order to speed up the development of safeguards, including a “kill switch” in case humans lose control of AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

There were multiple safeguards to prevent the accidental release of a virus like Marburg Cardinal.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston