Name: RAG is dead, right?? — Kuba Rogut, Turbopuffer
Uploaded: 2026-06-09
Description: Cursor added semantic search and measured a 24% increase in answer accuracy on their composer model, a 2.6% gain in code retention in large codebases, and a 2.2% drop in dissatisfied user requests. Those numbers look small until you factor in that semantic search does not fire on every query. Meanwhile Google search vo

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Cursor added semantic search and measured a 24% increase in answer accuracy on their composer model, a 2.6% gain in code retention in large codebases, and a 2.2% drop in dissatisfied user requests. Those numbers look small until you factor in that semantic search does not fire on every query. Meanwhile Google search vo

My takeaway: RAG is dead, right?? — Kuba Rogut, Turbopuffer is a model-evaluation signal. The practical read is to tie capability claims to evidence, launch criteria, and regression tests rather than relying on demos or benchmark headlines.