Artificial Intelligence

Presenters Peter Gostev Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Beyond the Hype: What Large Language Models Still Struggle With 🤯 We’re constantly bombarded with dazzling charts showing the relentless upward march of AI capabilities. Every new model release feels like a giant leap towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), leaving us in a state of awe and perhaps a little anxiety. But are we being too optimistic? Peter Gostev, in a recent talk, dives into the less glamorous side of LLMs, exploring what they don’t do well and why that matters. ...

Presenters Sandeep Mannapur Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Engineering Production-Grade Multi-Agent Systems in the Cloud 🚀 Hey there, tech enthusiasts! Ever built an AI agent demo that worked like a charm, only to see it crumble under pressure in the real world? You’re not alone. Sandeep Bharadwaj, an AI/ML engineer with over 15 years of experience, dives deep into the trenches of building production-grade multi-agent systems in the cloud, sharing the hard-won lessons and the architectural shifts needed to move beyond promising prototypes. ...

Presenters Elizabeth Fuentes Leone Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Unmasking RAG Hallucinations: GraphRAG to the Rescue for Pinpoint Precision! 🎯 Hello, fellow tech enthusiasts! Ever felt like your brilliant AI agent, powered by Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), was incredibly smart until you asked it to count something? You’re not alone! Today, we’re diving deep into a common pitfall of RAG systems and discovering a powerful solution that brings verifiable precision to your AI applications: GraphRAG. ...

Presenters Mallikarjuna Muchu Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Cultivating the Future: How Cloud-Native AI is Revolutionizing Agriculture 🚀🌽 Hey tech enthusiasts and curious minds! Manikonda Muchu here, head of startups, and I’m thrilled to dive into a topic that impacts every single one of us: food production. But we’re not just talking about farms; we’re looking at agriculture through a powerful new lens – the lens of cloud-native AI. Get ready, because we’re transforming a traditional industry into a highly intelligent, autonomous future! ...

Presenters Vaishali Mahavratayajula Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🚀 Democratizing Cybersecurity: Why Your Small Business Needs a SOC in Your Pocket In the world of big tech, cybersecurity is a titan. Large corporations employ massive teams, deploy sophisticated DevSecOps pipelines, and spend millions to fortify their perimeters. But what about the small-scale business owner? What about the entrepreneur running a Shopify store, managing Instagram automations, and handling payments through third-party processors? ...