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Overview

• Evaluates how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) handles misleading information
• Tests if RAG models perform worse than base models when given incorrect context
• Creates new dataset for measuring RAG reliability with corrupted retrievals
• Demonstrates RAG can amplify rather than reduce misinformation
• Shows potential vulnerabilities in retrieval-based AI systems

Plain English Explanation

Retrieval-augmented generation adds a knowledge lookup step to AI language models. Think of it like giving an AI a reference library to check before answering questions. While this usually helps acc...

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