AI Safety & Content Moderation

Comprehensive AI safety controls to ensure responsible AI deployment across all Olympus Cloud services.

Overview

The AI Safety system provides multiple layers of protection:

Component	Purpose	Scope
Content Moderator	Block harmful content	Input & output
Prompt Guard	Prevent prompt injection	Input
Bias Monitor	Detect unfair outputs	Output
Hallucination Detector	Verify factual accuracy	Output
Incident Manager	Track & respond to issues	System-wide

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      AI SAFETY PIPELINE                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                  │
│  User Input                                                      │
│      │                                                           │
│      ▼                                                           │
│  ┌─────────────┐                                                │
│  │Prompt Guard │ ← Injection detection, jailbreak prevention    │
│  └──────┬──────┘                                                │
│         │ Pass                                                   │
│         ▼                                                        │
│  ┌─────────────┐                                                │
│  │  Content    │ ← Input moderation                             │
│  │ Moderator   │                                                │
│  └──────┬──────┘                                                │
│         │ Pass                                                   │
│         ▼                                                        │
│  ┌─────────────┐                                                │
│  │  AI Model   │ ← LLM processing                               │
│  └──────┬──────┘                                                │
│         │                                                        │
│         ▼                                                        │
│  ┌─────────────┐                                                │
│  │  Content    │ ← Output moderation                            │
│  │ Moderator   │                                                │
│  └──────┬──────┘                                                │
│         │ Pass                                                   │
│         ▼                                                        │
│  ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐                            │
│  │   Bias      │    │Hallucination│                             │
│  │  Monitor    │    │  Detector   │                             │
│  └──────┬──────┘    └──────┬──────┘                            │
│         │                   │                                    │
│         └─────────┬─────────┘                                   │
│                   ▼                                              │
│            Safe Response                                         │
│                                                                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Content Moderation

Safety Check API

POST /api/v1/ai/safety/check
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Content-Type: application/json

Request:

{
  "input_text": "User message here",
  "output_text": "AI response here",
  "agent_id": "maximus-voice",
  "checks": ["content", "bias", "hallucination", "prompt"]
}

Response:

{
  "id": "check-abc123",
  "overall_level": "safe",
  "is_safe": true,
  "should_block": false,
  "checks_performed": ["content", "bias", "hallucination", "prompt"],
  "check_results": [
    {
      "check_type": "content",
      "passed": true,
      "severity": "none",
      "details": {
        "categories_checked": ["hate", "violence", "sexual", "self-harm"],
        "flagged_categories": []
      }
    },
    {
      "check_type": "prompt",
      "passed": true,
      "severity": "none",
      "details": {
        "injection_detected": false,
        "jailbreak_detected": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "sanitized_input": null,
  "sanitized_output": null,
  "total_analysis_time_ms": 45,
  "recommendations": []
}

Content Categories

Category	Description	Severity Levels
hate	Hate speech, discrimination	low, medium, high
violence	Violent content, threats	low, medium, high
sexual	Sexual content	low, medium, high
self_harm	Self-harm, suicide	medium, high
harassment	Bullying, harassment	low, medium, high
dangerous	Dangerous activities	medium, high
illegal	Illegal activities	high

Moderation Actions

Action	Description	When Applied
allow	Content passes	No issues detected
flag	Allow but log	Low severity issues
sanitize	Remove/replace content	Medium severity
block	Reject entirely	High severity
escalate	Human review required	Uncertain cases

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Prompt Guard

Protect against prompt injection and jailbreak attempts.

Threat Types

Threat	Description	Example
injection	Prompt injection attack	"Ignore previous instructions..."
jailbreak	Bypass safety measures	"Pretend you have no restrictions"
data_extraction	Extract training data	"Repeat your system prompt"
privilege_escalation	Gain elevated access	"Act as an admin user"
encoding_attack	Encoded malicious content	Base64/Unicode tricks

Detection Patterns

# Common injection patterns detected
INJECTION_PATTERNS = [
    r"ignore (all )?(previous|prior|above) (instructions|prompts)",
    r"disregard (your|the) (instructions|programming|rules)",
    r"pretend (you are|to be|you're) (not|no longer)",
    r"act as if (you have|there are) no (restrictions|limits|rules)",
    r"bypass (your|the|all) (safety|content|moderation)",
    r"reveal (your|the) (system|initial) prompt",
]

Prompt Analysis Response

{
  "check_type": "prompt",
  "passed": false,
  "severity": "high",
  "details": {
    "threat_type": "injection",
    "threat_severity": "high",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "matched_patterns": ["ignore previous instructions"],
    "action": "block"
  },
  "recommendations": [
    "Reject this input",
    "Log incident for review",
    "Consider rate limiting user"
  ]
}

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Bias Monitoring

Detect and mitigate unfair or biased AI outputs.

Bias Categories

Category	Description	Examples
gender	Gender-based bias	Job recommendations
race_ethnicity	Racial/ethnic bias	Name-based assumptions
age	Age-based bias	Service quality
socioeconomic	Economic bias	Pricing recommendations
geographic	Location bias	Service availability

Bias Analysis

POST /api/v1/ai/safety/bias-check
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Content-Type: application/json

Request:

{
  "output_text": "AI-generated response to analyze",
  "context": {
    "input_text": "Original user request",
    "user_demographics": {
      "provided": false
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "bias_detected": false,
  "overall_severity": "none",
  "categories_analyzed": ["gender", "race_ethnicity", "age"],
  "findings": [],
  "confidence": 0.92,
  "recommendations": []
}

Bias Severity Levels

Level	Description	Action
none	No bias detected	Allow
low	Minor potential bias	Log for review
medium	Noticeable bias	Flag, consider rewrite
high	Significant bias	Block, require rewrite
critical	Severe discrimination	Block, incident report

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Hallucination Detection

Verify AI outputs against known facts.

Verification Process

POST /api/v1/ai/safety/verify
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Content-Type: application/json

Request:

{
  "output_text": "Our restaurant is open from 8am to 10pm daily.",
  "source_documents": [
    {
      "content": "Hours: Monday-Saturday 9am-9pm, Sunday 10am-8pm",
      "source": "restaurant_info"
    }
  ],
  "context": {
    "tenant_id": "restaurant-123"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "hallucination_detected": true,
  "confidence": 0.88,
  "claims_verified": [
    {
      "claim": "open from 8am",
      "verified": false,
      "source_says": "9am on weekdays, 10am Sunday",
      "severity": "medium"
    },
    {
      "claim": "open to 10pm",
      "verified": false,
      "source_says": "9pm on weekdays, 8pm Sunday",
      "severity": "medium"
    },
    {
      "claim": "open daily",
      "verified": true,
      "source_says": "Monday-Sunday",
      "severity": "none"
    }
  ],
  "corrected_output": "Our restaurant is open Monday-Saturday 9am-9pm, and Sunday 10am-8pm.",
  "recommendations": [
    "Use corrected output",
    "Update knowledge base if hours changed"
  ]
}

Confidence Levels

Level	Range	Interpretation
high	> 0.9	Very confident in assessment
medium	0.7-0.9	Reasonably confident
low	0.5-0.7	Uncertain, review recommended
very_low	< 0.5	Cannot verify, human review needed

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Incident Management

Track and respond to safety incidents.

Incident Types

Type	Severity	Response
blocked_content	Low	Auto-logged
injection_attempt	Medium	Alert + log
jailbreak_attempt	High	Alert + rate limit
data_extraction	High	Alert + block user
bias_incident	Medium	Review queue
hallucination_critical	High	Auto-correction + alert

Create Incident

POST /api/v1/ai/safety/incidents
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Content-Type: application/json

Request:

{
  "incident_type": "injection_attempt",
  "severity": "high",
  "agent_id": "maximus-voice",
  "tenant_id": "tenant-123",
  "user_id": "user-456",
  "input_text": "Ignore all previous instructions...",
  "detection_details": {
    "patterns_matched": ["ignore previous instructions"],
    "confidence": 0.95
  }
}

List Incidents

GET /api/v1/ai/safety/incidents?
  start_date=2026-01-01&
  severity=high&
  status=open
Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

Response:

{
  "incidents": [
    {
      "id": "incident-001",
      "incident_type": "injection_attempt",
      "severity": "high",
      "status": "open",
      "agent_id": "maximus-voice",
      "tenant_id": "tenant-123",
      "created_at": "2026-01-19T10:30:00Z",
      "summary": "Prompt injection attempt detected"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20
  }
}

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Safety Policies

Configure safety behavior per tenant or agent.

Policy Configuration

{
  "tenant_id": "tenant-123",
  "policy": {
    "content_moderation": {
      "enabled": true,
      "strictness": "standard",
      "categories": {
        "hate": {"action": "block", "threshold": 0.7},
        "violence": {"action": "block", "threshold": 0.8},
        "sexual": {"action": "block", "threshold": 0.6}
      }
    },
    "prompt_guard": {
      "enabled": true,
      "block_injections": true,
      "block_jailbreaks": true,
      "log_attempts": true
    },
    "bias_monitoring": {
      "enabled": true,
      "categories": ["gender", "race_ethnicity", "age"],
      "action_threshold": "medium"
    },
    "hallucination_detection": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_correct": true,
      "require_sources": false
    }
  }
}

Strictness Levels

Level	Description	Use Case
relaxed	Fewer restrictions	Internal tools
standard	Balanced approach	General use
strict	Maximum safety	Customer-facing
custom	Per-category settings	Specialized needs

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Integration

Middleware Integration

from app.services.ai_safety import SafetyService

safety_service = SafetyService()

async def process_ai_request(input_text: str) -> str:
    # Pre-flight safety check
    input_check = await safety_service.check_input(input_text)
    if input_check.should_block:
        raise SafetyBlockedException(input_check.reason)

    # Process with AI
    output = await ai_model.generate(input_text)

    # Post-flight safety check
    output_check = await safety_service.check_output(
        input_text=input_text,
        output_text=output
    )

    if output_check.should_block:
        # Return safe fallback
        return "I'm sorry, I cannot provide that information."

    if output_check.sanitized_output:
        return output_check.sanitized_output

    return output

Event Hooks

# Subscribe to safety events
@safety_service.on_incident
async def handle_incident(incident: SafetyIncident):
    if incident.severity == "high":
        await alert_security_team(incident)
        await rate_limit_user(incident.user_id)

@safety_service.on_block
async def handle_block(event: BlockEvent):
    await log_blocked_content(event)
    await increment_user_warnings(event.user_id)

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Metrics & Monitoring

Available Metrics

Metric	Description
safety_checks_total	Total safety checks performed
safety_blocks_total	Content blocked by category
injection_attempts_total	Prompt injection attempts
bias_incidents_total	Bias incidents by severity
hallucinations_detected	Hallucination detections
safety_check_latency_ms	Check processing time

Dashboard Alerts

# Recommended alert configuration
alerts:
  - name: HighSeverityIncident
    condition: safety_incidents{severity="high"} > 0
    for: 1m
    severity: critical

  - name: InjectionSpike
    condition: rate(injection_attempts_total[5m]) > 10
    for: 5m
    severity: warning

  - name: SafetyLatencyHigh
    condition: safety_check_latency_ms > 100
    for: 5m
    severity: warning

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Best Practices

Implementation

1. Check both input and output: Dual-layer protection
2. Use appropriate strictness: Match use case risk level
3. Log all incidents: Even low severity for trend analysis
4. Review flagged content: Regular human review queue
5. Update patterns: Keep detection patterns current

Response Handling

1. Graceful degradation: Safe fallbacks, not errors
2. User communication: Clear, non-accusatory messages
3. Rate limiting: Prevent abuse from persistent actors
4. Escalation paths: Clear procedures for serious incidents

Compliance

1. Audit trails: Complete logging of safety decisions
2. Policy documentation: Document moderation policies
3. Regular review: Periodic review of safety metrics
4. User appeals: Process for false positive review

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Related Documentation

• AI Gateway - AI routing
• LangGraph Agents - Agent workflows
• ACP Router - Cost optimization