InfoQ - vector databases - Articles https://www.infoq.com InfoQ vector databases Articles feed Article: Why Vector Search Alone Isn't Enough: Hybrid Retrieval for RAG https://www.infoq.com/articles/vector-search-hybrid-retrieval-rag/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=vector+databases-articles <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/vector-search-hybrid-retrieval-rag/en/headerimage/vector-search-hybrid-retrieval-rag-header-1779972811121.jpg"/><p>In this article, author Aaditya Chauhan discusses the limitations of RAG pipelines based purely on vector search and how an internal omni-search application using Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) that combines BM25 and vector results, can enhance the search solution.</p> <i>By Aaditya Chauhan</i> vector databases ElasticSearch Generative AI Retrieval-Augmented Generation AI, ML & Data Engineering article Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/vector-search-hybrid-retrieval-rag/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=vector+databases-articles Aaditya Chauhan 2026-06-02T09:00:00Z /articles/vector-search-hybrid-retrieval-rag/en