Atita Arora

The AI agent revolution promises to transform products, but reality is more nuanced. This session brings together three perspectives: where the hype originates, what users actually need vs what’s promised, and the technical limitations we face today.

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has become a cornerstone for integrating domain-specific content and addressing hallucinations in AI applications. As the adoption of RAG solutions intensifies across industries, a pressing challenge emerges: understanding and identifying where within the complex RAG framework changes and improvements can be made.

Last year’s Women of Search talk emphasized that despite the remarkable achievements of women in the world of search and information retrieval, companies in the sector still face challenges in attracting and retaining female talent. Our discussion delved into these challenges, presenting insights from a brief survey and celebrating the accomplishments of women in the field.

A diverse workforce means happier and healthier employees and helps access the huge range of talents and skills required for organisations to thrive. The search & information retrieval sector, like many other areas of technology, can struggle to attract and retain women despite their visible achievements as pioneers, creators and maintainers of leading search technologies.