AI Glossary · Governance & Ops
Observability (AI Observability)
Tracing prompts, tool calls, retrievals and outputs across an AI system to diagnose quality, cost and safety issues in production.
Definition
What is Observability (AI Observability)?
Observability (AI Observability) is tracing prompts, tool calls, retrievals and outputs across an AI system to diagnose quality, cost and safety issues in production.
- Category
- Governance & Ops
- Glossary set
- 20 related terms
- Audience
- Enterprise AI leaders
Why does Observability (AI Observability) matter in enterprise AI?
Observability (AI Observability) matters in AI operations because it affects risk controls, monitoring, accountability, and the evidence enterprise teams need before scaling.
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- Drift (Model Drift)
- Degradation in model quality over time as input data or the world changes; detected through monitoring and addressed with retraining or prompt updates.