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data poisoning

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

Noun

data poisoning (countable and uncountable, plural data poisonings)

  1. (machine learning, computer security) The deliberate use of a training dataset with data designed to increase errors in the output of a machine learning model.
    • While data sanitization shows promise to defend against data poisoning, it is often impossible to validate every data source [14].2019, Simon N. Foley, editor, Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXXIII […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 4
    • 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.2022, Alfred Z. Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins, Jeannette M. Wing, Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148

Examples of data poisoning in a sentence

  • 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.2023, Katharine Jarmul, Practical Data Privacy, O'Reilly, →ISBN:
  • Some forms of data poisoning are undetectable.2023, Paul Scharre, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

Synonyms of data poisoning

Forms of data poisoning

pluraldata poisonings

Questions about data poisoning

What does data poisoning mean?
Data poisoning means the deliberate use of a training dataset with data designed to increase errors in the output of a machine learning model.
How do you use data poisoning in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is data poisoning?
Data poisoning is a noun.
What is the plural of data poisoning?
The plural of data poisoning is data poisonings.

Words near data poisoning in the dictionary

  1. data phobic
  2. data plane
  3. data planes
  4. data point
  5. data points
  6. data poisoning
  7. data poisonings
  8. data privacy
  9. data processing
  10. data processing machine
  11. data processing machines

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