Embed questions and passages with compatible settings

In an original article search example, a question and document passages are embedded using compatible settings. The system retrieves nearby passages, then a reader or another component checks whether they answer the question.

Changing the model can invalidate an index

Changing the embedding model can change the vector space. Do not mix new query vectors with an old document index without verifying compatibility or rebuilding the index.

THE TAKEAWAY

What to remember

Version the embedding model and index.

Sources & further reading

  1. Google Cloud: Get text embeddings ↗
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