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title: "AI and machine learning | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "AI and machine learning Grafana AI combines machine learning capabilities and the latest advancements in large language models (LLMs) to help you gain actionable insights, accelerate investigations, and proactively optimize your systems with intelligent, automated tools. Overview Grafana AI helps you analyze, interact with, and understand your observability data in Grafana Cloud."
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# AI and machine learning

Grafana AI combines machine learning capabilities and the latest advancements in large language models (LLMs) to help you gain actionable insights, accelerate investigations, and proactively optimize your systems with intelligent, automated tools.

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## Overview

Grafana AI helps you analyze, interact with, and understand your observability data in Grafana Cloud.

Artificial intelligence tools like [Grafana Assistant](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/), [Grafana AI Observability](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/ai-observability/), and [Sift](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/sift/) deliver intelligent recommendations, automate investigations, and accelerate analysis.

Machine learning tools allow you to identify patterns, detect anomalies, and gain actionable insights.

Together, these capabilities streamline operations, reduce manual effort, and enable your teams to make faster, data-driven decisions with greater confidence.

Get started with Grafana AI on Grafana Cloud. Don’t have an account yet? [Sign up for free](/auth/sign-up/create-user/) today.

## Explore

[Introduction to Grafana AI & ML  
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Learn more about artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities that can help you leverage the power of Grafana Cloud and your observability data.](./intro/)

[Grafana Assistant  
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Explore the agentic LLM integration that provides intelligent assistance directly within the Grafana interface.](./assistant/)

[Grafana AI Observability  
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Monitor LLM agents in production with a single place to trace conversations, track costs, and evaluate quality.](./ai-observability/)

[Sift investigations  
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Explore how Sift can automatically investigate your infrastructure telemetry and quickly identify key details during incidents.](./sift/)

[LLM plugin  
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Enable the LLM plugin to access available AI-powered features.](./llm/)

[Forecasting and anomaly detection  
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Learn how to use forecasting to support smarter alerting, capacity planning, and early detection of unusual activity.](./dynamic-alerting/forecasting/)

[Outlier detection  
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Define baseline groups and compare series to detect and highlight unusual patterns in your system data.](./dynamic-alerting/outlier-detection/)