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Governors

Human-in-the-loop features to maintain user oversight and agency.

Action plan

Have the AI show the steps it will take to respond to the user's prompt before it executes its response

Branches

Support iterative prompting while retaining footprints band visibility back to the original

Citations

Lets the AI give inline annotations to cite its sources

Controls

Manage the flow of information or pause a request mid-stream to adjust the prompt

Cost estimates

Help users proactively modulate compute power through transparent cost estimates for actions

Draft mode

Support exploration and iterative prompting while reducing compute costs until a final form is ready

Memory

Control what details the AI knows about you

References

See and manage what additional sources the AI references to generate its response

Sample response

Confirm the user's intent for complicated prompts

Shared vision

Live visibility into the AI's action in a shared canvas or workspace

Stream of Thought

Reveals the AI's logic thought process, tool use, and decisions for oversight and auditability

Variations

Trace through multiple variations of a result to choose the one that works best for them

Verification

Allow users to confirm AI decisions and actions before proceeding

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