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AI GLOSSARY

Behavioral Policy

Safety, Alignment & Ethics

The set of rules, norms, and constraints that govern how an AI system behaves, what it will and will not do, how it responds to different types of requests, and what values it reflects in its outputs. Behavioral policies are implemented through a combination of training, fine-tuning, and runtime constraints, and represent the operationalization of an organization's ethical principles and safety requirements.
See also: AI alignment, reinforcement learning from human feedback, AI ethics.