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An LLM on its own isn't necessarily great for fluid knowledge retrieval, as in directly from its training data. But they're pretty good when you add RAG to it.

For instance, asking Copilot "Who was born on July 3, 1962" gave the response:

> One notable person born on July 3, 1962, is Tom Cruise, the famous American actor known for his roles in movies like Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, and Rain Man.

> Are you a fan of his work?

It cited this page:

https://www.onthisday.com/date/1962/july/3



Wow it googled the date!




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