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Patrick Lewis

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Director of Agentic AI at Cohere

Lewis led the 2020 paper that introduced retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG. The method lets language models retrieve external sources before answering, helping them work with current evidence and making their responses easier to verify.

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Director of Agentic AI
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '2642,32033,18924,058Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26
42,320citations as of Jun 15, '26+18,262 since Aug 25, '25
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