WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Oct 30, 2024

Lies, Damned Lies and Large Language Models

Jodie Burchell

Why do large language models confidently lie? Naive RAG pipelines often make factuality hallucinations worse. Discover how to systematically evaluate foundation models and implement adaptive retrieval.

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