Jailbreak Prompt
A set of instructions designed to bypass an AI system's safety rules, restrictions, or intended behavior.
“The forum shared a jailbreak prompt that tried to make the chatbot ignore its policies.”
The phrase usually refers to deliberate attempts to override safeguards through role-play, encoding, or conflicting instructions.
It borrows jailbreak from removing restrictions on locked devices and became common with public chatbots.
AI jailbreak
A successful or attempted bypass of model safeguards.
DAN prompt
A well-known family of role-play jailbreak prompts.
Are jailbreak prompts harmless?
Not always; they can be used to seek dangerous, private, or abusive outputs.
Do old jailbreaks keep working?
Often not, because providers update models and defenses.