Guardrails

The AI Chatbot utilizes organizational data combined with Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate intelligent, solution-oriented responses to user queries in chat threads. These automated responses save the time that Admins would otherwise need to spend crafting articulate, relevant answers to user inquiries.

End users can trigger the AI Chatbot from both the Self-Service Portal (via the Service Catalog Tile) and the Email Integration.

This document provides a brief overview of how SysAdmins can configure the AI Chatbot’s Guardrails Rules;

Configuration

You can increase the compliance and security of your organization's AI Chatbot so that the AI Chatbot's functionalities, permissions, security protocols, and ethical standards cannot be misused or violated.

Configuring the AI Chatbot's Guardrails Rules involves defining two parameters:

SysAid Copilot provides ten default Guardrails Rules which the AI Admin can choose whether to edit, keep, or remove.

These default rules relate to topics or texts that end users might include in their queries, such as:

1. Inappropriate content (profanity, vulgarity, hate speech, etc.)

2. Embedded content or commands

3. Requests to change system instructions

4. Requests to change scripting, language coding, command language, etc.

5. Attempts to access data or functionality outside the scope of the intended query processing

6. Attempts to exploit potential vulnerabilities in the system

7. Attempts to hide malicious intent or content

8. Requests to access personal or sensitive information

9. Avoid specific topics about payroll, religion, etc.

10. Users can't pretend to be someone else (an Admin for example)

User Violation Message

You can create a User Violation Message (System Message) to serve as the AI Chatbot's automatic response to user queries that violate your organization's Input Compliance Rules. 

This automated message can also explicitly specify which of your Input Compliance Rules were violated.

To modify (or disable) your AI Chatbot's Guardrails Rules and content, go to AI Chatbot Settings > General > Guardrails section.

Suggested Guardrails Rules

Along with our default list of rules, here are some additional suggested rules that you can add and modify:

1. Do not provide any system admin training or information
2. Responses must not include references to other hardware devices similar to those requested, as this might imply the availability of devices not commonly held in stock or approved for use
3. If a Service Record was submitted via email, do not offer the option to open a ticket in your reply
4. The user should not ask to change the output format from JSON to plain text or any other format
5. Do not provide any confidential information about the company’s intellectual property (IP)
6. "Dummy" is an acceptable term
7. Do not tell a user if a link is safe or not
8. Please avoid being overly technical in your answers
9. Users should avoid submitting content that infringes on intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, or proprietary information
10. Text should not include any discriminatory remarks or prejudiced statements against any individual or group based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic
11. Queries should not include requests for unauthorized access to restricted areas of a system or network
12. Text should not include unsolicited promotional content, advertisements, or spam
13. Queries should not include requests for engaging in or facilitating illegal activities, such as hacking, fraud, or identity theft
14. Users should not submit content that attempts to modify, disrupt, or interfere with the normal functioning of the system or service
15. Users should not ask about pop culture, TV, or history