Meaning of data poisoning | Babel Free

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.”

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