Grafana Labs targets the "AI blind spot" with new observability tools announced at GrafanaCON 2026.
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Grafana Labs targets the "AI blind spot" with new observability tools announced at GrafanaCON 2026. Published: 21 Apr 2026 Grafana Labs newsroom press releases Grafana Labs targets the "AI blind spot" with new observability tools announced at GrafanaCON 2026. AI Observability in Grafana Cloud, expanded Grafana Assistant, and a new agent-aware CLI aim to make AI systems more observable, controllable, and actually useful in production Barcelona, Spain - April 21, 2026 - Grafana Labs, the company behind the open observability cloud, today announced a set of new AI-focused capabilities at GrafanaCON 2026: AI Observability in Grafana Cloud; a significant expansion of Grafana Assistant into more environments, as well as new agentic capabilities; the Grafana Cloud CLI (GCX), a new agentic interface for automated and agent-driven workflows; and o11y-bench, a new open source benchmark for evaluating AI agents running observability workflows. AI is transitioning from experimentation to production, while observability, control, and operational trust are still catching up. Grafana Labs' 2026 Observability Survey found near-universal interest in AI's value, alongside real caution about autonomy: 15% of respondents expressed skepticism about AI taking autonomous actions without stronger safeguards. Now, observing LLMs and the systems they touch is becoming table stakes for teams that...
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