Challenge: A cost-effective alternative to manual data labeling is weak supervision (WS), where data samples are automatically annotated using a predefined set of labeling functions (LFs).
Approach: They propose an algorithm which denoises WS data by leveraging models trained on all but some LFs to identify and correct biases specific to the held-out LF.
Outcome: The proposed algorithm denoises WS data by leveraging models trained on all but some LFs to identify and correct biases specific to the held-out LF.

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