Denver: The impact of the open source ecosystem on artificial intelligence is becoming evident and momentum is gaining momentum, Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks said as the IBM-owned enterprise open source solutions provider outlined its strategy and focus on artificial intelligence. In his keynote speech at the Red Hat Summit, Hicks predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) would not be built by a single vendor but would be defined by the flexibility of choices. He noted that innovation is happening at a rapid pace, with progress happening every month, week and hour.
He said that open source and academia are at the center of innovation.
According to him, the astonishing pace and pace of academic development has found a “perfect intersection” of open source and artificial intelligence models.
Today, some of the best academic researchers are developing artificial intelligence capabilities, and open source software is helping unlock the potential, he noted.
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“The most captivating thing that happened to AI over the last year was the explosion of choice. “What was previously only achievable in models with trillions of circuits is now replicated in models orders of magnitude smaller… capabilities that just a year ago were combined all the way up to high-end, quite exotic hardware can now run on a laptop,” he said.
At the same time, training techniques that once cost hundreds of millions of dollars are being replicated at a fraction of the cost, Red Hat’s top brass said.
Red Hat, which was acquired by IBM in 2018 in a massive $34 billion deal, is making a bold bet on artificial intelligence.
Hicks said this year’s Red Hat Summit is focusing on open source and artificial intelligence and the “incredible impact” when the two are combined.
“We are now seeing the impact of expanding the open source ecosystem in the world of artificial intelligence, and this trend will not ponderous as models get smaller, training costs decrease, capabilities augment and knowledge of this technology expands,” Hicks said.
He added, “Today’s breakthrough from MIT will tomorrow be extended by IIT in India… researchers will exploit it as a conduit for their next idea, which in turn will enable developers to prepare their next idea.”
Artificial intelligence, he said, will not be built by a single vendor or rely on a single monilithic model.
“…the choice of where to run AI will be made everywhere and will be based on open source,” he said.
Red Hat also made a slew of announcements and partnerships and collaborations during the flagship event.
The open source software provider announced the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI), a base model platform that enables users to more seamlessly develop, test and deploy generative AI (GenAI) models.
Red Hat also announced that it has brought generative AI to its hybrid cloud portfolio with Red Hat Lightspeed.
“Red Hat Lightspeed will extend the capabilities of generative AI to industry-leading Red Hat Linux application platforms and hybrid clouds, helping to augment the performance and accessibility of intricate computing workloads at all skill levels,” the company said in a statement.
Red Hat Inc also announced a partnership with Intel to enhance enterprise AI applications with Red Hat OpenShift AI.
Together, the two companies will facilitate the delivery of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to Intel AI products for more seamless model development, training, model maintenance, management and monitoring across hybrid cloud infrastructure. PTI MBI
(PTI journalist is in Denver at the invitation of Red Hat) TRB
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