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license: apache-2.0
title: Retrieval-based Chatbot
short_description: A retrieval based chatbot with SentenceTransformers
sdk: gradio
emoji: 📚
colorFrom: yellow
colorTo: red
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# CSC525 Retrieval Chatbot

This is a retrieval-based chatbot using Sentence Transformers and FAISS for efficient similarity search.

## Description

The chatbot uses a pre-trained Sentence Transformer model to encode queries and a FAISS index to retrieve relevant responses from a curated response pool (Taskmaster-1 dataset)

## Usage

Simply type your question in the chat interface and the bot will retrieve the most relevant response from its knowledge base.
Features

## Semantic search using Sentence Transformers

Efficient retrieval using FAISS indexing
Context-aware responses
Quality checking of responses