RAG and AI

Antoni Kozelski
CEO & Co-founder
Published: July 16, 2025
Glossary Category
RAG

RAG and AI represents the synergistic integration of Retrieval-Augmented Generation methodology with artificial intelligence systems to create enhanced, knowledge-driven intelligent applications. This combination leverages AI’s natural language processing capabilities alongside RAG’s external knowledge retrieval mechanisms to produce more accurate, contextually relevant, and factually grounded responses. RAG and AI work together through a coordinated process where AI models handle semantic understanding and response generation while RAG components manage information retrieval from external databases, documents, and knowledge repositories. This integration addresses fundamental AI limitations including hallucinations, knowledge gaps, and temporal constraints by anchoring AI outputs in verified, up-to-date information sources. The architecture combines embedding models for semantic search, vector databases for efficient retrieval, and AI generation engines for natural language output. RAG and AI integration enables enterprise applications to access real-time data, proprietary knowledge bases, and domain-specific information while maintaining sophisticated conversational and reasoning capabilities essential for agentic AI implementations.

 

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Last updated: July 28, 2025