Conceptbad retrieval
Erroneous Retrieval
A failure mode in AI memory and retrieval systems in which irrelevant passages are recalled (false positives) or key passages are missed (false negatives), leading to wasted tokens, context contamination and loss of user trust.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Oct 23
Multiple community sources agree: erroneous retrieval is more covert than erroneous ingestion—ingestion errors can be found through data quality monitoring, while retrieval errors often only surface when users complain.
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