New RAG paradigm with iterative retrieval at multiple reasoning steps achieves 15-20% accuracy gain on HotpotQA

Positioned as go-to technique for dynamic, fact-heavy applications with frequently changing information

Research exposed a critical vulnerability where just 5 poisoned documents can corrupt RAG systems.

Clarification article published explaining distinction between RAG and fine-tuning for LLM applications

Publication of a framework moving RAG systems from proof-of-concept to production, outlining anti-patterns and a five-pillar architecture.

Ethan Mollick declared the end of the 'RAG era' as dominant paradigm for AI agents

New framework for controllable evidence selection in RAG systems introduced in arXiv paper