Listen: Grounding
The process by which an AI system answers with current information: it runs a search, retrieves pages, reads short extracts, and writes its answer from them rather than from memory.
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When an artificial intelligence answers your questions, it does not have to rely solely on its memory. Instead, it uses a process called grounding to find the most current and accurate information available.
During grounding, the AI runs a quick search, retrieves relevant web pages, and reads short extracts from them. These extracts are known as grounding snippets. The AI then writes its final answer based directly on these snippets. By using this real-time search and retrieval process, the system can provide up-to-date answers and greatly reduce the chances of making things up.