rag-does-not-eliminate-hallucination
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Created 2026-08-25T02:58:52+00:00
RAG does not eliminate hallucinations; the LLM can still misinterpret retrieved context or hallucinate around accurate source material.
Summary
Even when a model is handed the right source documents to work from, it can still misread what's in front of it or invent details that aren't actually there. This means having access to good sources doesn't remove the need to verify outputs against their claims, because the retrieval step alone doesn't guarantee accuracy.