LLM Limitations: Why Can’t You Query Your Enterprise Knowledge with Just an LLM?

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 are powerful tools capable of generating text and simulating conversations, but they fall short when it comes to querying proprietary enterprise data due to several inherent limitations. LLMs, trained on publicly available information, lack the specific context required for understanding and reasoning about a company's unique data, such as sales reports or customer feedback. They face constraints like limited context windows that cannot accommodate the vastness of enterprise data and struggle with real-time data updates. Additionally, concerns over data security and the impracticality of fine-tuning LLMs for dynamic data further complicate their use for enterprise purposes. However, integrating LLMs with approaches like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can address these issues by storing enterprise data in accessible formats and appending relevant information to LLM queries, thus enhancing the LLMs' utility without replacing them.