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Evals

n. pl. Building with AI 2024

Short for evaluations. Test suites that measure how well a model or AI feature performs on realistic tasks, so you can tell whether a change made it better or worse.

“Before switching models, run the evals on our real customer questions.”

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Part of the Extended list

Evals is on the Extended list: builder jargon, industry terms, and newer slang for when you want to go further. It entered common use around 2024.