Basics

Training data

The examples a model learns from. For large language models this is a vast mix of text such as public web pages, books and code, plus data curated or written for later training stages. The model's knowledge, gaps and biases all trace back to it.


Related terms

AGI (artificial general intelligence)

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AI (artificial intelligence)

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AI assistant

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Algorithm

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Chatbot

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Computer vision

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