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AI · November 21, 2023

Align API

Plug-and-play guardrails for your AI application

Align API launched on November 21, 2023 with 87 votes, #919 of 4,332 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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What it does

The Align API offers plug-and-play guardrails for your AI application. It proactively identifies NSFW prompts before it gets sent for inference. This saves unnecessary cost, protects your brand and prevents you from getting banned by OpenAI, Apple or Google.

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