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PublishedAugust 31, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Knowing Before Answering: Decoding Language Models for Reliable RAG
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arXiv:2608.27661v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), retrieval may provide insufficient or conflicting information needed to answer a question. The system should not only know when to answer but also be able to identify cases in which the documents provided in RAG
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