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jailbreak

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An escape from prison.
  2. noun A modification to a closed platform's technical restrictions that enables installation or execution of software (or OS modification) the platform's original design was intended to prevent. Typical devices are iPhones and game consoles.
  3. noun A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions.
  4. noun A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores. A goal scored in this situation.
  5. noun A goal scored in this situation.
  6. verb To escape from prison.
  7. verb To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
  8. verb To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection.

Similar words

breakout break gaolbreak prison-breaking prisonbreak getaway escape flee evasion avoidance

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Word family

jail break jail breaks jailbreaking jailbreakings jailbreaks jailbroke jailbroken

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