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Training data

n. Foundations 2023

The examples a model learns from, such as text, images, code, or labeled records. Its quality and coverage shape what the model knows, what it gets wrong, and where debates about bias and copyright begin.

“It writes great Python and mediocre COBOL, which says a lot about its training data.”

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In the history of AI

One of the Essentials

Training data is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2023.