AI Rookies

Granular Refusal

Fact

A response that refuses unsafe parts of a request while helping with safe parts.

In Plain Words

It is like a sandwich shop removing one bad pickle. You still get your lunch. Nobody throws away the whole sandwich.

It helps support bots and work assistants stay useful. They block risky parts and answer the rest.

Related Concepts

Overrefusal
It reduces overrefusal by blocking only the risky part.

Alignment
It applies Alignment rules to each part of a request.

Jailbreak
It can spot risky requests hidden in normal wording.