HyFedRAG: Caching Privacy into Federated RAG
Centralized Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems promise smarter answers, but they quietly assume one big, clean dataset in one place. Reality is far messier: hospitals, insurers, or financial groups each hold their own silo, often in incompatible formats, and none are willing—or legally allowed—to pool raw data. The HyFedRAG framework tackles this head‑on by making RAG federated, heterogeneous, and privacy‑aware. Edge First, Cloud Second Instead of centralizing records, HyFedRAG runs retrieval at the edge. Each hospital or business unit: ...