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Developed byMeta AI Research
Founded2020
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casecombining parametric and non-parametric memory for language generation
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Retrieval Augmented Generation

concept

AI technique combining information retrieval with generative models to produce more accurate and contextual responses.

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requires

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retrieval component○UnverifiedHighFresh1
External knowledge base○UnverifiedHighFresh1
knowledge base or document corpus○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Vector similarity search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
document embedding system○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dense passage retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vector database○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

primary use case

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combining parametric and non-parametric memory for language generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
combining language model generation with external knowledge retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language model responses with external knowledge retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language model responses with external knowledge○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Knowledge-intensive natural language processing tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language model responses with retrieved external knowledge○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language models with external knowledge retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
open-domain question answering○UnverifiedHighFresh1
question answering with factual grounding○UnverifiedHighFresh1
question answering systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
reducing hallucination in language model outputs○UnverifiedHighFresh1
knowledge-intensive natural language processing○UnverifiedHighFresh1

first published

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2020○UnverifiedHighFresh1

combines technique

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information retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
neural text generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

addresses problem

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knowledge cutoff limitations in language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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2020○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Meta AI Research○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Facebook AI Research○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Facebook AI Research (FAIR)○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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transformer neural networks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Dense Passage Retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
transformer architecture○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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transformer-based language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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BART○UnverifiedHighFresh1
BERT○UnverifiedHighFresh1
BERT-based retrieval models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
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integrates with

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Wikipedia knowledge base○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vector databases○UnverifiedHighFresh1
embedding models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dense passage retrieval systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Wikipedia○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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BART○UnverifiedHighFresh1
FAISS vector databases○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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FAISS indexing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
BERT○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
FAISS○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OpenAI GPT models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

combines

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parametric and non-parametric memory○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

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Dense vector retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
semantic search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
FAISS indexing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

uses component

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vector similarity search○UnverifiedHighFresh1

implemented in

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LlamaIndex○UnverifiedHighFresh1
LangChain○UnverifiedHighFresh1

improves upon

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traditional language model limitations○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables capability

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real-time knowledge updates○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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pure generative language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Pure parametric language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
fine-tuning language models on domain data○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
closed-book question answering○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
fine-tuning large language models on domain-specific data○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
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traditional parametric language models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

implemented by

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LangChain○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Hugging Face Transformers○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

open source

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Commonly Used With

Wikipedia knowledge basevector databasesembedding modelsdense passage retrieval systemsWikipediaHugging Face TransformersWikipedia corpusBARTFAISS vector databasesFAISS vector databasedense passage retrievalFAISS indexingBERTFAISSOpenAI GPT models

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