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Why your RAG returns garbage (and it's not the model)

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Your RAG bot just gave a confident, detailed answer. And it's completely wrong . Here's the part that'll annoy you: the model did nothing wrong. It answered perfectly — using the text you handed it. The bug isn't in the AI. It's in the five steps before the AI. Prefer to watch? Full 6-minute walkth…

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  1. 2026-08-31 22:12 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
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