# RAG Projects at AI Tinkerers

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RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is the GenAI framework that grounds LLMs (like GPT-4) on external, verified data, drastically reducing model hallucinations and providing verifiable sources.

RAG is a critical GenAI architecture: it solves the LLM 'hallucination' problem by inserting a retrieval step before generation. A user query is vectorized, then used to query an external knowledge base (e.g., a Pinecone vector database) for relevant document chunks (typically 512-token segments). These retrieved facts augment the original prompt, providing the LLM (e.g., Gemini or Llama 3) the specific, current, or proprietary context required. This process ensures the final response is accurate and grounded in domain-specific data, avoiding the high cost and latency of full model retraining.

- Official technology site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 148
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Meet Captcha. A Humanoid Robot That Sees You, Hears You and Remembers You.](https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_6tc5l6Vt3d0)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Singapore — Saturday Demo Meetup with Joe Heitzeberg (Oct 10) — 2026-10-10 — Singapore
- Public talk page: https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_6tc5l6Vt3d0

### [Bias-Free RAG: Simulating Political Candidates with AI](https://saopaulo.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_uTVDpnRMXT4)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers SP e Oracle - Meetup Agosto — 2026-08-27 — São Paulo
- Public talk page: https://saopaulo.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_uTVDpnRMXT4

### [PalliAssist: Transforming Palliative Care with Compassionate AI](https://mombasa.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_lhA4geGRg08)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers – Mombasa Chapter Launch · 22 August 2026 — 2026-08-22 — Mombasa
- Public talk page: https://mombasa.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_lhA4geGRg08

### [Automated context compaction strategies](https://san-diego.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_7lJPz-RERho)

- Event context: Self-hosting Models and Managing Token Spend — 2026-08-21 — San Diego
- Public talk page: https://san-diego.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_7lJPz-RERho

### [How we managed to recover a stolen bike thanks to my AI-powered platform](https://valencia.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_ObUQQ3GZ0Ds)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Valencia July Demo Night — 2026-07-28 — Valencia
- Public talk page: https://valencia.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_ObUQQ3GZ0Ds

### [The Completion Utility Stack: Launching Thousands of AI-Native Businesses for the Agentic Economy](https://orange-county.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_g0ZRnVDKJI8)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Orange County: Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at Centercode — 2026-07-22 — Orange County
- Public talk page: https://orange-county.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_g0ZRnVDKJI8

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- [GPT-3](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/gpt-3) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/gpt-3.md)) — 191 public demos
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- [BLOOM](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/bloom) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/bloom.md)) — 115 public demos
- [Llama-2](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/llama-2) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/llama-2.md)) — 227 public demos
- [PaLM 2](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/palm-2) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/palm-2.md)) — 116 public demos
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- [Python](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/python) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/python.md)) — 675 public demos
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- [Generative AI](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/generative-ai) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/generative-ai.md)) — 45 public demos
- [LLM](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/llm) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/llm.md)) — 123 public demos
- [GraphRAG](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/graphrag) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/graphrag.md)) — 13 public demos
- [FastAPI](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/fastapi) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/fastapi.md)) — 184 public demos
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- [Vector database](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/vector-database) ([Markdown](https://aitinkerers.org/technologies/vector-database.md)) — 13 public demos
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