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AI Alignment

AI alignment is the discipline of designing, governing, and monitoring AI systems so their objectives, constraints, and behaviors match defined human and organizational goals, enabling reliable, policy-compliant use of AI within enterprise architectures and formal risk, security, and compliance frameworks.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"ai-alignment"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/f81f848e-4ac9-453f-ac98-1160b98f7757

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di get-glossary --slug ai-alignment

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