OpenTelemetry GenAI in Practice: What the Spec Says Vs. What You Actually See - Zach Groves, Datadog

Why watch

This talk dives into the practical implementation of OpenTelemetry's GenAI semantic conventions (v1.37+), comparing what the spec promises versus real-world adoption across different emitters like Strands, OpenLLMetry, and OpenInference. It is designed for DevOps engineers, platform teams, and developers building LLM-powered applications who need to instrument and monitor AI systems reliably.