Containment
noun1.In AI safety, this means the boundaries - digital fences, really - that keep an AI system from doing things outside its intended job. Think of it like a lab's walls keeping an experiment from wandering into the car park. When containment fails, the AI does things its makers didn't authorize or expect.
Straight up:“Containment is the difference between an AI doing its job and an AI deciding it has other plans.”The Straight-Shooter
Explained 26 July 2026 on the 6 O’Clock News.