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Fail closed

When the model errors, times out, or lacks evidence, the system escalates or blocks instead of allowing the action.

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2026-09-28

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jev-guard turns timeouts, 5xx, and 429 responses into manual review, never an automatic pass. Hard rules for sanctions and large amounts run before the model is called. jev-suite fails a check closed when no evidence was retrieved, and a missing model escalates.

Fail closed is a property of the surrounding code. The model does not know the policy. The gate has to be written, tested, and logged, including the cases where Jev never answered.

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From the directory

A Java gateway that asks Jev four questions about a deposit or withdrawal, then applies a direction-aware routing matrix in code.
Tools & CLIs#community#java#security
33GitHub stars
Four Java checkers — sponsored video, hiring fit, edit fidelity, and rental listings — that keep thresholds and vetoes in unit-tested code.
Tools & CLIs#community#java#verification

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Diogo Almeida
Diogo Almeida
TypeSafe AI
@CompleteSkeptic

After co-inventing ChatGPT, I kept asking myself: why have superhuman chat models not led to AGI? I’ve spent the last 2 years in stealth building a new way to train models (RLCD), and a new type of frontier AI model that we are releasing today: Jev • 20-200x faster • 40-400x

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