Optimizing AI workloads on Amazon Bedrock: A technical deep dive (AIM250)

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Market Trends in AI Adoption

• Over 70% of enterprises are exploring generative AI for their products and internal engineering teams
• Over 40% of enterprise apps will have a conversational AI version embedded by the end of 2024
• 75% of users are concerned about misinformation, privacy, and regulation around AI
• The President has issued an executive order on mandatory changes to make AI more safe and secure

Challenges in AI Adoption

• Increased application complexity with new tools, databases, and orchestration requirements
• New types of telemetry data, including bias, hallucinations, and toxicity
• Heightened security and compliance concerns to build user trust

New Relic's Approach to AI Observability

• New Relic was the first to introduce APM for AI applications
• Provides a complete view of the tech stack with additional context on AI application performance
• Helps engineers debug applications faster, balance performance and cost, and ensure user privacy

Key Observability Features Demonstrated

1. Monitoring application performance and cost:

   • Tracking request volume, response time, token usage, and error rates
   • Identifying slow-performing requests and analyzing their call stack

2. Identifying and resolving errors:

   • Highlighting errors at each stage of the user journey
   • Providing detailed error information to aid in troubleshooting

3. Optimizing model selection:

   • Comparing model performance, error rates, and cost across different versions
   • Enabling data-driven decisions on which models to use

Conclusion

The video presentation showcased New Relic's observability platform and its capabilities in helping engineers optimize their AI workloads, focusing on areas such as performance, cost, error resolution, and model selection. The key takeaway is the importance of comprehensive observability in managing the complexities and challenges introduced by the growing adoption of AI technologies in enterprise applications.