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annotation

[an-uh-tey-shuhn] / ˌæn əˈteɪ ʃən /


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The work is basic but essential for machine learning: data labelling, annotation and quality checks.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok chatbot.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

It includes Nat Friedman, former boss of software development platform GitHub, Alexandr Wang of data annotation firm Scale AI and co-creators of OpenAI's models.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

This highlighted the lack of ancestral diversity in a widely used annotation database.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Scrolling further down the screen, Charles came across a rather unusual annotation: “You didn’t really think we’d make it that easy, did you?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein