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On Tuesday, June 30 at 11

2026-06-24 · 18:14 UTC ·@jobergum ·1 min read

Brief

@jobergum is attending AI Engineer World's Fair in San Francisco and will argue on Tuesday, June 30 (11:10 AM, Room 2003) that GPT-5's search ability alters the BM25-as-baseline story in his talk 'The unreasonable effectiveness of BM25 for agentic search.' He also hosts a Hornet meetup on agentic retrieval (code mode and BM25) Monday, June 29, 5–9 PM near Moscone (RSVP luma.com/ypnd3grq).

Why it matters

On Tuesday, June 30 at 11:10 AM in Room 2003, @jobergum will present 'The unreasonable effectiveness of BM25 for agentic search,' asserting that GPT-5 is 'shockingly good at search' and that this changes BM25's role as a baseline.

Key details

  • On Monday, June 29 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM he will host a Hornet meetup near Moscone on agentic retrieval—covering code mode for retrieval and BM25—with RSVP at luma.com/ypnd3grq.
Source evidence

I’m headed to San Francisco for AI Engineer World's Fair next week. Two things. I'm giving a talk Tuesday, June 30: "The unreasonable effectiveness of BM25 for agentic search." GPT-5 is shockingly good at search, and that changes the BM25-as-a-baseline story. Search & Retrieval track, 11:10 AM, Room 2003.

And Monday night, we're hosting a Hornet meetup on agentic retrieval where I’ll talk about code mode for retrieval, and of course BM25 too.

Monday, June 29, 5:00 to 9:00 PM, a short ride from Moscone. RSVP: luma.com/ypnd3grq

Link

Retrieval for Agents: Building retrieval infrastructure for the new and powerful user · Luma

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