Jailbreak

Quick meaning: Jailbreak is a noun meaning An escape from prison.

Meaning

An escape from prison.

More Meanings

1. (artificial intelligence) A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions.
2. (ice hockey) A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores.
3. To escape from prison.
4. (artificial intelligence) To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection.
5. (ice hockey) To score while short-handed in a league with the "jailbreak" rule.
6. (computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer.
7. (transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.

Example Sentences

In order to gain true root access to a mobile device, a user has to either jailbreak (iOS) or root (Android/Windows) the device.

Unofficially, it has been possible to “Jailbreak” iOS and gain access to the underlying Unix and kernel environment, but this voids the warranty.

ChatGPT is far from perfect. Twitter has been flooded with examples of "jailbreaking" ChatGPT — that is, tricking it into hallucinations or misalignment.

The jailbreak of ChatGPT has been in operation since December, but users have had to find new ways around fixes OpenAI implemented to stop the workarounds.

Word Forms

• jailbreaks
• jail break
• jailbreaking
• jailbroke
• jailbroken

Synonyms for jailbreak

Depending on context, synonyms include root, break, breakout, gaolbreak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breakout, break, gaolbreak, getaway, escape, flee.

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