The practice of connecting AI-generated content to verifiable sources or factual information to improve accuracy. Grounding reduces hallucination by anchoring generated responses to verifiable information. It is a core mechanism in retrieval augmented generation systems. For architectural details, see our systems analysis of RAG architecture.
Grounding helps reduce hallucinations and provides users with sources they can verify independently.
Grounded AI systems retrieve external information and explicitly connect generated claims to source material.
Grounding AI responses in authoritative sources improves factual accuracy and user trust.