Fine-Tuning is Dead: Why Context Orchestration Won in 2026 (opens in new tab)

Last Updated on May 29, 2026 by Editorial Team Author(s): Mehul Ligade Originally published on Towards AI. Fine-Tuning is Dead: Why Context Orchestration Won in 2026 | M009 📍 Abstract Every few months, something in AI gets declared dead. Prompt engineering. RAG. Transformers. And now, fine-tuning. Here is the honest answer: fine-tuning is not dead. But the problem it was solving — “how do I get this model to know and do the right things?” — has a better solution now. And the sooner you unders...