# Introducing GIST: The next stage in smart sampling

DevFeed: [Introducing GIST: The next stage in smart sampling](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-gist-the-next-stage-in-smart-sampling-6823.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/introducing-gist-the-next-stage-in-smart-sampling/>)

Published: 2026-01-23T17:46:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>), [Algorithms & Theory](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms-theory.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence.md>), [Algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithm.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [NeurIPS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neurips.md>)

Tags: [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [algorithms-theory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms-theory.md>), [classification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/classification.md>), [computer-vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-vision.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-mining-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-mining-modeling.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [diversity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diversity.md>), [embedding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/embedding.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [large-language-models-llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-language-models-llms.md>), [machine-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-intelligence.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [neurips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/neurips.md>), [points](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/points.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>), [vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vision.md>)

## AI overview

Google Research introduces GIST, an algorithm for selecting a high-quality subset of data for model training. It balances diversity, which reduces redundancy, with utility, which favors relevant and informative data, and provides a mathematical guarantee about solution quality.

## Source excerpt

Algorithms & Theory