Confidence Score

What is a Confidence Score?

A confidence score represents the probability that an AI model's prediction is correct. In content moderation, it indicates how certain the system is that an image contains specific content types like nudity, violence, or hate symbols.

Scores typically range from 0 (no confidence) to 1 (complete confidence). Higher scores indicate stronger certainty in the detection.

Confidence Score Examples

Using Confidence Scores

• Auto-approve: Score below 0.2 - likely safe content
• Human review: Score 0.2-0.8 - uncertain, needs review
• Auto-reject: Score above 0.8 - high confidence violation

Multi-Category Scores

Modern APIs return confidence scores for multiple categories simultaneously, allowing platforms to evaluate images against various policy criteria in a single request. This enables nuanced moderation decisions based on combined risk factors.