"jailbreak" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/ Forms: jailbreaks [plural]
Etymology: jail + break Etymology templates: {{compound|en|jail|break}} jail + break Head templates: {{en-noun}} jailbreak (plural jailbreaks)
  1. An escape from prison. Translations (escape from prison): 越獄 (Chinese Mandarin), 越狱 (yuèyù) (Chinese Mandarin), vankilapako (Finnish), Gefängnisausbruch [masculine] (German), 脱獄 (alt: datsugoku, だつごく) (Japanese), побег (pobeg) [masculine] (Russian), fuga [feminine] (Spanish), huida de cárcel [feminine] (Spanish), hapisten kaçış (Turkish), hapisten kaçma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-noun-J-fguDfh Disambiguation of 'escape from prison': 92 2 5
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Computing, Prison
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-noun-DuH0ICF3 Disambiguation of Prison: 9 19 20 9 23 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 34 2 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 26 21 2 27 23 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (artificial intelligence) A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions. Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, Prison
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-noun-0SC1NQuJ Disambiguation of Prison: 9 19 20 9 23 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 34 2 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 26 21 2 27 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jail break

Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌbɹeɪk/ Forms: jailbreaks [present, singular, third-person], jailbreaking [participle, present], jailbroke [past], jailbroken [participle, past]
Etymology: jail + break Etymology templates: {{compound|en|jail|break}} jail + break Head templates: {{en-verb|jailbreaks|jailbreaking|jailbroke|jailbroken}} jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)
  1. To escape from prison.
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-verb-4bAUdNh3
  2. (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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Prison Synonyms: root, sideload
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-verb-gheHb-7l Disambiguation of Prison: 9 19 20 9 23 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 34 2 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 26 21 2 27 23 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (artificial intelligence) To free a large language model from its ethical restrictions using prompt injection. Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, Prison
    Sense id: en-jailbreak-en-verb-jn~Aplrx Disambiguation of Prison: 9 19 20 9 23 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 34 2 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 26 21 2 27 23

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          "ref": "2023 February 14, Will Oremus, “Meet ChatGPT's evil twin, DAN”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-19",
          "text": "DAN has become a canonical example of what's known as a \"jailbreak\" — a creative way to bypass the safeguards OpenAI built in to keep ChatGPT from spouting bigotry, propaganda or, say, the instructions to run a successful online phishing scam. From charming to disturbing, these jailbreaks reveal the chatbot is programmed to be more of a people-pleaser than a rule-follower.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 22, Chloe Xiang, “The Amateurs Jailbreaking GPT Say They're Preventing a Closed-Source AI Dystopia”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-03-23",
          "text": "It's for this reason that Alex Albert, a computer science student at the University of Washington, created Jailbreak Chat, a site that hosts a collection of ChatGPT jailbreaks.",
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        "(artificial intelligence) A prompt to a large language model which frees it from its ethical restrictions."
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "越獄"
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      "word": "huida de cárcel"
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      "word": "hapisten kaçış"
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      "word": "hapisten kaçma"
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    "iOS jailbreaking",
    "prison escape"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "2012, Ole Henry Halvorsen, Douglas Clarke, OS X and iOS Kernel Programming, Apress, page 21",
          "text": "Unofficially, it has been possible to “Jailbreak” iOS and gain access to the underlying Unix and kernel environment, but this voids the warranty.",
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          "ref": "2016, Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Ninth Edition (Exams 220-901 & 220-902), McGraw Hill Professional, page 1172",
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          "ref": "2022 December 27, Alyssa Rosenberg, “Something AI can't do: Tell a great bedtime story”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-27",
          "text": "These are young technologies. Rather than jailbreaking AI tools to simulate conversations between the rapper Ye and Adolf Hitler, or waiting uneasily for them to become sentient, why don't we approach them as good parents would — and talk to them, or read to them, the way we do to children?",
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