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Cosine Similarity in Vector Databases: Why It Matters for GenAI & RAG Systems
By Mohsin Khursheed – Architect | AI, Cloud Modernisation When you're working with vector databases—whether it's for semantic search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or powering GenAI apps—cosine similarity keeps showing up. But what exactly is it? And why should you, as an engineer or architect, care? Let’s break it down.
By Mohsin Khursheed – Architect | AI, Cloud Modernisation
When you're working with vector databases—whether it's for semantic search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or powering GenAI apps—cosine similarity keeps showing up.
But what exactly is it? And why should you, as an engineer or architect, care?
Let’s break it down.
