Synthetic Data
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Definitions
Artificially generated data that mimics the statistical properties of real-world data, used for training or testing AI models. Synthetic data can be created by generative models, rule-based systems, or simulations, and is especially valuable when real data is scarce, sensitive, or expensive to collect.
“We generated synthetic medical records to train the model without risking patient privacy.”
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