Why SLMs are the Key to Truly Enforcing AI Behavior with Guardrails
Blog post from Aporia
Aporia's latest market overview report highlights the evolution of AI models and solutions. The maturity of production applications is seen as a sign of progress in the ever-evolving field of AI. Guardrails are becoming increasingly important to ensure oversight over chatbot tools, with the new EU AI Act coming into force and countries passing mandatory laws about their usage. Aporia believes that guardrails built on SLMs (small language models) is the superior method for enforcing behavior due to their high accuracy and fast latency. The report also discusses other methods of AI oversight, such as LLM-as-a-judge and human-as-a-judge, but finds them less ideal compared to multiSLM architecture. Aporia's Guardrails, built on a multiSLM Detection Engine, are the first of their kind to offer AI guardrails with this optimal architecture, ensuring safety and reliability in AI applications.
| Trend | Post Mentions | Total Month Mentions | Posts | Companies | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | 43 | 3,395 | 435 | 161 | -16% |
| Agent Evaluations | 11 | 66 | 19 | 11 | +18% |
| Real-time | 6 | 3,721 | 887 | 235 | -20% |
| AI Guardrails | 5 | 206 | 63 | 34 | -30% |
| AI Agents | 3 | 894 | 163 | 79 | +48% |
| AI Model Fine-tuning | 3 | 576 | 147 | 74 | -37% |
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