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Knowledge cutoff

What is a knowledge cutoff?

The date after which a model has no information from its training data. Without a web search tool, it can’t know about events after that date.

Example

A model with a cutoff in early 2026 won’t know about a policy announced that June unless it searches the web.

Reviewed by Mahmoud, founder of Karaza, L3 in Education and TeachingUpdated