Datadog launches Scout, an AI model for investigating production issues
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Datadog announces Scout, a new AI model that it says beats frontier models at investigating production issues.
Datadog says Scout has been powering its Bits Investigations feature and costs much less per task than other models. AJ Stuyvenberg announced the launch in an X post, and the post gives no benchmark figures or price numbers.
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AJ Stuyvenberg@astuyveXDatadog launches Scout, an AI model for investigating production issuesAIDatadog says its new AI model Scout beats frontier models at investigating production issues and costs much less per task. Scout has been powering Bits Investigations, according to the post.

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