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knowledge cutoff

noun \ˈnä-lij ˈkət-ˌȯf\

also training cutoff

TopicModels & Behavior Senses1
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Definition of knowledge cutoff

  1. : the date after which a model has no information from its training data

    • The model didn't know about the election because it happened after its knowledge cutoff.
    • Search tools are one way to get around the knowledge cutoff.

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training data the collection of examples (text, images, code, audio, and so on) that a model learns from grounding connecting a model's answer to trusted sources, such as documents, databases, or search… retrieval-augmented generation a technique in which a system first searches a collection of documents for relevant passages…

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