ChatGPT
A flexible AI assistant for drafting, analysis, brainstorming, coding help, and everyday knowledge work.
Best for: General-purpose writing, research, analysis, and multimodal help
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RAG
Retrieval-augmented generation: searching trusted documents or data first, then asking a model to answer using that context.
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Use RAG when answers must be grounded in your own docs or current source material.
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