Real-time Guardrails vs Batch Evals: Understanding Safety Mechanisms in LLM Applications
Blog post from Portkey
In the realm of Large Language Model (LLM) applications, maintaining quality, safety, and reliability necessitates the use of two complementary safety mechanisms: real-time guardrails and batch evaluations. Real-time guardrails function as automated systems that actively monitor and regulate LLM interactions during production, akin to a circuit breaker, by providing immediate intervention to prevent problematic requests and filtering responses for inappropriate content or security risks. In contrast, batch evaluations are comprehensive testing suites executed during development, designed to validate and optimize LLM configurations by running test datasets, comparing model performance, and assessing cost-efficiency, ultimately guiding configuration decisions. Implementing both mechanisms fosters a robust safety framework, with guardrails offering real-time protection and batch evaluations ensuring thorough quality assurance, allowing for continuous improvement using production data and delivering reliable, safe AI-powered services.
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