AI training data
AI training data: what it is and where the best of it comes from.
Quick answer
AI training data is the information used to teach a model patterns: text, conversations, images, audio, code and records of actions. Evaluation data is used to test models. Proprietary real-world data from businesses is increasingly sought because it captures specialized knowledge not available publicly.
- 01Your work records
- 02Personal details removed
- 03You approve the release
- 04Licensed to AI developers
Types of training data#
| Type | Examples | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Text | Documents, emails, articles | Language models |
| Conversational | Support chats, call transcripts | Assistants and agents |
| Code | Repositories, reviews | Coding models |
| Audio | Call recordings | Speech and voice |
| Images and video | Inspection photos | Vision models |
| Workflow | Process logs, screen activity | AI agents |
Training vs. evaluation#
Training data teaches a model; evaluation data measures it. Both can be licensed, and evaluation sets often require smaller, carefully curated samples.
Human vs. synthetic data#
Synthetic data can fill gaps, but real human-generated data provides ground truth and authentic edge cases.
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Datasets you can request
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- Finance, legal and administrationAccounting and reconciliation workflowsAn accounting dataset is the working history of a company's books: transactions with their general ledger coding and later corrections, bank and card…Structured recordsOffice documents and PDFs
- Customer and revenueCustomer support ticket datasetsA customer support ticket dataset is a de-identified export of real support cases: the customer's messages, agent replies, internal notes, escalations,…TextStructured records
- Documents and knowledgeEnterprise document archivesAn enterprise document dataset is an export of the files a company actually works from, such as reports, memos, proposals, policies, PDFs, spreadsheets and…Office documents and PDFsText
- Workflows and human feedbackEnterprise workflow and task execution historiesAn enterprise workflow dataset is a set of task execution histories: connected records that follow one business task from the incoming request through the…Structured recordsText
- Software and ITSoftware engineering histories (issues, PRs, reviews)A software engineering history dataset is a linked record of how a team changed its code: each issue joined to the commits, pull request, review comments…CodeTextStructured records
- Operations and the physical worldSupply chain and logistics operations recordsA supply chain dataset is a connected history of how goods were ordered, moved and delivered: purchase orders, supplier messages, advance ship notices,…Structured recordsOffice documents and PDFsText
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