Describe handling AI safety concerns
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This question evaluates a candidate's competency in AI safety risk management, including identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and cross‑functional leadership within software engineering.
Tell me about a time you identified a potential AI safety risk in a product or research project. What was the risk, how did you assess and mitigate it, who did you involve, and what guardrails or monitoring did you put in place post-launch? If you lack a direct example, describe how you would handle harmful outputs (e.g., bias, jailbreaking, privacy leakage) under a tight launch timeline and conflicting business pressure.
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