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LLMs + Vector Databases: Building Memory Architectures for AI Agents

LLMs + Vector Databases: Building Memory Architectures for AI Agents

Update: 2025-10-01
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Why AI agents need vector databases and smarter memory architectures—not just bigger context windows—to handle real-world tasks like academic research

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The 128k token limit for GPT-4 is equivalent to about 96,000 words. This limitation becomes a major barrier for a research assistant dealing with whole academic libraries. Smarter memory architectures, not larger context windows, are the answer.

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LLMs + Vector Databases: Building Memory Architectures for AI Agents

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