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How AI agents actually work: a non-technical primer.
'AI agent' is one of the most-used phrases in AI right now, and one of the most loosely defined. Here is the clearest one-sentence version, and how agents actually work underneath it.
By Charlie Stoner·AgentsTool-usePrimer
§ 05.02MAY · 15 · 20267 MIN
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What is RAG, and when does a business need it.
RAG, retrieval-augmented generation, is the most useful AI architecture for a business that has its own data and wants AI to actually use it. Here is what it is, how it works, and the three questions that decide whether your business needs one.
By James Finnegan·RAGWorking brainsArchitecture
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