What is RAFT (Retrieval-Augmented Fine-Tuning), and how does it combine RAG and fine-tuning?

RAG and fine-tuning get framed as either/or. RAFT trains the model to be good at RAG itself. The tell is what goes in the training set: relevant docs mixed with distractors. Here is the answer.

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RAG and fine-tuning get framed as either/or. RAFT trains the model to be good at RAG itself. The tell is what goes in the training set: relevant docs mixed with distractors. Here is the answer.

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