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QCon AI Boston: Production AI Moves Beyond Prompts to Platforms, Harnesses, and Evals

Recent discussions at QCon AI Boston highlighted a shift in industry focus from simple prompt engineering to the construction of robust infrastructure for deploying AI agents. Experts emphasized that successfully moving beyond prototypes requires rigorous evaluation frameworks, enhanced context management, and the implementation of security harnesses to govern agent behavior in production environments.

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