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Meaning of data poisoning | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The deliberate use of a training dataset with data designed to increase errors in the output of a machine learning model.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“While data sanitization shows promise to defend against data poisoning, it is often impossible to validate every data source [14].”
“Similarly, the Tay chatbot suffered from data poisoning. To mitigate data poisoning, it is important not to let any one group contribute too much data to a model.”
“Data poisoning is one type of adversarial attack—where a user or group of users submit false data to influence the model toward a particular or incorrect prediction.”
“Some forms of data poisoning are undetectable. Attackers can insert adversarial noise into the training data, altering the training data in a way that is hidden to human observers.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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