dataset

noun

da·ta·set ˈdā-tə-ˌset

ˈda-,

also ˈdä-

variants or less commonly data set

plural datasets also data sets

: a collection of data taken from a single source or intended for a single project

analyzed the dataset

If you're using a public dataset, make sure the data comes from a reliable source …—

Ben Dickson

The company is also … continuing to build its own dataset to improve its machine learning models.—

Alexandra S. Levine

Since AIs need a data set to learn and recognize patterns, one major worry artists have is that their artwork is being used for AI learning, raising concerns of copyright infringement.—

Daniel Salcedo Rubio

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The quantum physics algorithms calculate the molecular structures, and the resulting datasets are used for machine learning to train its AI models. —

Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025 Autonomous agents can analyze vast datasets, generate hypotheses and assist researchers in making breakthroughs. —

Michele Zanello, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025 In what researchers are calling the largest dataset used to study cannabis and brain function, over 1,000 former or current cannabis users underwent brain scans while completing seven different types of cognitive tests between 2012 and 2015. —

Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025 Building what is likely the most accurate map of this state’s poultry farms yet published required merging those datasets with another map, one with some 5.4 million records on every parcel of land in North Carolina. —

Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dataset