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Grounding

Tying a model's answer to specific source material it was given, so claims trace back to something real.

Tying a model's answer to specific source material it was given, so claims trace back to something real.

Why it mattersAn ungrounded answer sounds identical to a grounded one. That's the whole problem.

See also RAG, Hallucination

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