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Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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Developed byFacebook AI Research
Founded2020
LicenseApache 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseknowledge-intensive natural language generation
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Retrieval-Augmented Generation

concept

AI architecture combining retrieval systems with generative models for enhanced content creation.

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published year

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2020○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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knowledge-intensive natural language generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
combining retrieval mechanisms with generative models for enhanced text generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
combining parametric and non-parametric memory for language generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language models with external knowledge retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
combining parametric knowledge with external knowledge retrieval for text generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
enhancing language model responses with retrieved external knowledge○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Knowledge-grounded text generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
knowledge-intensive natural language processing tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Enhancing language model responses by retrieving relevant information from external knowledge bases○UnverifiedHighFresh1
knowledge-intensive NLP tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
question answering○UnverifiedHighFresh1
question answering systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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External knowledge base○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Vector database for document storage○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Document retrieval system○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Pre-trained language model○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dense passage retrieval system○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dense passage retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vector database○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
document encoder○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
vector database for document retrieval○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

based on

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combining parametric and non-parametric memory○UnverifiedHighFresh1
transformer neural networks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Transformer architecture○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Dense Passage Retrieval (DPR)○UnverifiedHighFresh1

introduced year

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2020○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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

founded year

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2020○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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RAG-Sequence○UnverifiedHighFresh1
RAG-Token○UnverifiedHighFresh1
BERT○UnverifiedHighFresh1
BART○UnverifiedHighFresh1
T5○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

integrates with

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Wikipedia as knowledge source○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Wikipedia knowledge base○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dense passage retrieval systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vector databases○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Dense Passage Retrieval○UnverifiedHighFresh1
transformer architecture○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Hugging Face Transformers○UnverifiedHighFresh1
T5○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
BERT○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
FAISS vector database○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
FAISS○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
FAISS vector search○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Elasticsearch○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Wikipedia○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Yes○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports protocol

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Hugging Face Transformers○UnverifiedHighFresh1
FAISS indexing○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

alternative to

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fine-tuning on domain-specific data○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
pure parametric language models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Pure generative language models○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Fine-tuning approach for domain-specific knowledge○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Fine-tuning large language models on domain-specific data○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

license type

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Apache 2.0○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Commonly Used With

Wikipedia as knowledge sourceWikipedia knowledge basedense passage retrieval systemsvector databasesDense Passage Retrievaltransformer architectureHugging Face TransformersT5BERTFAISS vector databaseFAISSFAISS vector searchElasticsearchWikipedia

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