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True, Relevant, and Wrong: The Applicability Problem in RAG

calendar_today February 11, 2026 person domain pinecone

RAG systems can retrieve correct, well-cited information and still get the answer wrong. Not because the source is bad, but because it doesn’t govern the case at hand. This post names the problem and maps the ways it fractures at scale.

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