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Distribution shift

Definition

In machine learning, distribution shift occurs when the statistical characteristics of data the model encounters in deployment differ from those of the data it was trained on. For deepfake detectors, training on one generation of generative models and deploying against a newer generation is a common and serious form of distribution shift.

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