World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Unlocking the AI Black Box: Building Trust in the Era of Agentic Production

Jemiah Sius , Harry Kimpel

Are autonomous AI agents silently breaking your production code? Learn how OpenTelemetry exposes hidden LLM workflows to prevent behavioral failures, control token costs, and automate SRE operations.

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Implementing observability to diagnose and resolve AI application failures

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Implementing monitoring and observability for AI software deployments

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Managing observability using natural language AI agents

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Evaluating tools for the AI observability stack

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Adapting observability strategies for long-running enterprise AI agents

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