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WTF is BM25? The Intuition Behind the Algorithm

BM25 is an unsung hero powering heaps of stuff you use every day – think search bars, recommendation systems, or even those fancy AI chatbots that somehow dig up the right info from a mountain of text (we're looking at you, Retrieval-Augmented Generation).