Observability in generative artificial intelligence with Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft Foundry introduces an observability stack for generative artificial intelligence applications that unifies evaluation, monitoring, and tracing across the full lifecycle. Teams can benchmark models, harden agents before deployment, and continuously monitor production traffic for quality, safety, and performance issues.

Contracting for agentic artificial intelligence shifts from SaaS to services

Enterprises adopting agentic artificial intelligence are moving away from pure SaaS contracts toward hybrid agreements that borrow heavily from business process outsourcing structures. The new model treats autonomous agents as service providers, with explicit scopes of authority, outcome-based guarantees, and tighter controls on liability and data use.