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API Summit 2024 is underway! The seventh-annual Kong event kicked off today with 7 tracks and 60+ sessions from industry trailblazers. And, of course, the two-day event is packed with Kong-related news and product updates. Looking for a quick rundown of all the big Kong news? Here's a round-up of the Kong announcements dropped today.

Local preview environments are transforming how developers test and validate code changes before merging them into the main codebase. Acting as temporary cloud environments, they provide a production-like setting where new features and bug fixes can be tested in isolation, catching issues early and streamlining the development code review process. These environments are crucial for enhancing development velocity, especially in CI/CD workflows used by DevOps engineers and QA teams.

Organizations are harnessing the power of AI to revolutionize products and services across industries. But AI-powered solutions have been getting more sophisticated. We need to redesign and amend our approach to understanding how customers experience these solutions. Unlike traditional products, AI solutions are dynamic, continuously learning and adapting. Traditional metrics may fall short of capturing the nuances of how users interact with AI.

The DevOps landscape continues to evolve rapidly. As more organizations embrace DevOps to stay competitive, the landscape is shifting to include more diverse players and specialized offerings. But what's next for the space? Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms report highlights the latest developments and standout players in the space, including Bitrise's growing impact on mobile DevOps.

It sounds counterintuitive—using a technology that has trust issues to create more trustworthy data. But smart engineers can put generative AI to work to improve the quality of their data, allowing them to build more accurate and trustworthy AI-powered applications.