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synthetic data

noun \sin-ˈthe-tik ˈdā-tə\
TopicTraining Senses1
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Definition of synthetic data

  1. : training data generated by AI models or simulations rather than collected from the real world

    • The team used synthetic data to create rare edge cases, like snow at night.
    • With the web largely used up, labs lean more on synthetic data.

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