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Written by: Izzat Najmi, Journalist, AOPG.

In a world increasingly driven by data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Red Hat, Inc. emerges as a trailblazer with its groundbreaking announcement of new capabilities for Red Hat OpenShift AI. As the leading provider of open-source solutions, Red Hat solidifies its position at the forefront of AI innovation. By building upon the proven capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Data Science, the company introduces OpenShift AI, a platform that provides a consistent and scalable foundation for AI-driven applications. This breakthrough technology opens up a world of possibilities, enabling organisations to harness the full potential of AI while fostering innovation and collaboration among data scientists, developers, and IT operations leaders.

The Rise of Foundation Models

In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 and LLaMA have gained mainstream attention. Researchers and application developers across various domains and industries are exploring ways to leverage these powerful foundation models and their capabilities. Red Hat recognises the value of foundation models and the importance of tailoring them to specific use cases. With OpenShift AI, customers can fine-tune both commercial and open-source models with domain-specific data, enhancing their accuracy and relevance.

Overcoming Infrastructure Challenges

Training AI models requires substantial infrastructure resources, making it a resource-intensive process. Before even considering serving, tuning, and model management, organisations must invest in specialised platforms and tools. The lack of a platform that can meet these demands often limits the practical use of AI and Machine-Learning (ML). However, Red Hat’s OpenShift AI tackles these challenges head-on by providing infrastructure consistency across training, deployment, and inference. This breakthrough solution unlocks the true potential of AI, empowering organisations to fully embrace its benefits.

A Foundation for AI in the Open Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat OpenShift AI addresses various barriers by offering a standardised foundation for creating production AI and ML models, as well as running resulting applications. Leveraging the consistency, ease-of-use, and cloud-to-edge deployment options of Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift AI enables platform engineers to create scalable configurations tailored to the needs of data scientists and developers. By fine-tuning existing models, organisations can save on initial training costs and accelerate time to value, democratising the use of AI beyond specialised data scientists.

Collaboration Through Ecosystem Partnerships

Red Hat OpenShift AI goes beyond providing a robust foundation by offering optional technology partner offerings, including Anaconda, IBM Watson Studio, Intel OpenVINO and AI Analytics Toolkit, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and Starburst. Additionally, the platform provides access to 30 certified AI/ML partners as part of the OpenShift ecosystem. This extensive partner network enables organisations to leverage a diverse range of tools and resources, fostering collaboration and innovation within the AI community.

Flexibility for Regulatory and Compliance Requirements

For customers with specific regulatory and compliance requirements, OpenShift AI offers the flexibility to prepare data and develop, train and deploy models on-premises. It caters to air-gapped and disconnected environments, ensuring data security and compliance. Moreover, organisations can develop models in the public cloud and seamlessly deploy them on-premises or at the edge, all through consistent tooling and interfaces. This unique hybrid MLOps environment facilitates collaboration between IT operations, data science, and application developers.

Empowering AI Advancements

Red Hat OpenShift AI serves as the foundation for IBM’s latest AI advancements, including IBM Watson Code Assistant. This collaboration delivers domain-specific AI to IT organisations and developer teams, enhancing productivity and enabling users of all skill levels to leverage AI-generated recommendations in writing Ansible Playbooks. This integration, known as Ansible Lightspeed, empowers automation enthusiasts to harness the power of AI and automation, regardless of their proficiency level.

Real-World Success Stories

Organisations across industries are already experiencing the transformative power of Red Hat OpenShift AI:

• Atruvia, a German provider of IT services to global financial institutions, has adopted Red Hat OpenShift AI as its organisation-wide data science platform. This strategic move enables Atruvia to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions to its clients, revolutionising the financial industry.
• Clalit Health Care Services, Israel’s largest health service organisation, has chosen Red Hat OpenShift AI as the foundation for building clinical research AI models. By leveraging the platform’s capabilities, Clalit aims to advance medical research, improve patient care and revolutionise healthcare delivery.
• Guidehouse, a global provider of consulting and managed services, has embraced Red Hat OpenShift AI as part of a comprehensive platform to address the pressing issue of suicide rates among US veterans. By leveraging AI and ML, Guidehouse seeks to make a positive impact and save lives, highlighting the profound societal benefits of AI.
• Tirando X Colombia, a Colombian non-profit focused on reproductive health, has deployed Red Hat OpenShift AI to optimise its AI/ML workflow in creating a teenage pregnancy prevention application. This innovative application has the potential to make a significant impact on society, thanks to the support provided by Red Hat’s cutting-edge technology.
• Veripark, a global solutions provider to financial services organisations, has built its AI/ML solution using Red Hat OpenShift Data Science. This allows Veripark to run its solution across cloud and on-premises platforms, providing a flexible and scalable solution to financial institutions worldwide.

The Vision of Red Hat

Chris Wright, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Engineering at Red Hat, emphasises the company’s commitment to providing a flexible and scalable foundation for enterprise AI. Red Hat OpenShift AI enables organisations to train, maintain, fine-tune, and utilise foundation models in production seamlessly. As an extension of the trusted and familiar OpenShift platform, OpenShift AI empowers IT organisations to meet both current and future AI/ML needs, paving the way for a future driven by AI-driven innovation.

The Future of AI Unleashed

With Red Hat OpenShift AI leading the charge, the future of AI is now within reach. By providing a robust and scalable platform, organisations can leverage the power of AI and ML to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and transform industries. OpenShift AI’s ecosystem partnerships, flexibility, and collaboration features set a new standard in enterprise AI, revolutionising the way organisations approach AI and unlocking its vast potential. As the world becomes increasingly reliant on data-driven technologies, Red Hat is at the forefront, empowering organisations to shape the future through the power of AI.

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