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The Real Deal About Synthetic Data
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The Real Deal About Synthetic Data

by Fernando Lucini
October 2021
Beginner to intermediate
6 pages
12m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

It’s often difficult to access the real-world data needed to train models or gain insights, due to privacy and security concerns or simply process issues. However, new AI techniques for generating look-alike data sets can help data scientists develop machine learning models more quickly and at greater scale. This article explains the concept of synthetic data and outlines the benefits and concerns that executives should consider.

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