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

MCP crossed 9,400 registered servers

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.

Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for AI agent tool integration.

Used as an open standard to enable AI agent access to system-level diagnostic tools for kernel trace analysis.

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