AI Glossary term

Knowledge Cutoff

The date after which a model has no built-in knowledge of world events.

Also called: training cutoff

The date after which a model has no built-in knowledge of world events.

Why it mattersAsk about last week and you'll get confident nonsense unless the model can search.

See also RAG, Hallucination

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