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Fine-Tuning vs RAG vs Prompting

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You are choosing how to adapt a large language model for a new application. You want a practical framework for deciding whether to rely on prompting, add retrieval with a knowledge base, or train a customized model.

Question

Compare fine-tuning, RAG, and prompting. When use each?