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What is overfitting?

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The user wants to understand Overfitting in the context of Machine Learning Foundations and apply it to practical AI governance or compliance work.

Quick Answer

Overfitting occurs when a model learns the training data too closely, including noise or idiosyncratic details, and performs poorly on new data. It is commonly indicated by high training performance but weaker validation or test performance.

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  2. 2Plain-English explanation
  3. 3Technical or legal boundary
  4. 4Compliance relevance
  5. 5Common mistakes
  6. 6Related Atlas terms

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  • Caesar AI Atlas glossary
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