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Recall

Recall (Sensitivity or True Positive Rate) is a classification evaluation metric measuring the fraction of actual positive examples that the model correctly identified, calculated as true positives divided by all actual positives.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the formula for recall?

`Recall = True Positives / (True Positives + False Negatives)`.

When should recall be prioritized over precision?

When missing a positive event is extremely dangerous. For example, in cancer screening, a false negative (failing to detect cancer) is life-threatening, so the model must maximize recall.

Quick Facts

  • CategoryMathematical Foundations
  • Key ApplicationMedical diagnosis screening, search indexing, and threat detection audits.

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TechCrunch AIJun 13, 2026

Anthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired - the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

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VentureBeatJun 8, 2026

Researchers trained an open source AI search agent, Harness-1, that outperforms GPT-5.4 on recalling relevant information

A joint research collaboration between researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), UC Berkeley, and the open source AI-native vector d