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Retrieval-augmented generation

Getting an AI model to answer using your own documents: the system first finds the relevant passages, then gives them to the model with the question. Usually shortened to RAG, not to be confused with a RAG status report.

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Why it matters to you.

It's how most companies make AI answer from their own information without retraining a model. Answers are only as good as the documents it can find.

Also called RAG (AI).

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