Retrieval-augmented systems were generally optimized for relevance rather than accountability, so they can find adjacent text but struggle to justify why a fact should be used, from which source, under which policy constraints, and with what confidence in enterprise decisions.

Most retrieval-augmented systems were built for relevance before they were built for accountability.

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf

They can find adjacent text, but they struggle to answer a harder enterprise question:

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf

why this fact, from which source, under which policy constraints, and with what confidence should it be used in a decision?

— Beyond Retrieval - Pyrana Context Engine Whitepaper.pdf