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Red Hat Summit showcased innovative AI tools like Instruct Lab for non-data scientists.
RHEL AI offers AI-optimized features for building applications on Red Hat platforms.
Image Mode introduces a new deployment method for AI applications on Red Hat platforms.
Deep dives
Red Hat Summit Overview and Expectations
Red Hat Summit impressed attendees after a four-year hiatus, with a renewed focus on AI. The keynote raised anticipation for the future direction of Red Hat, especially regarding AI integration. Attendees, including the Linux podcast hosts, were keen to observe Red Hat's approach amidst significant industry shifts like the AI boom.
Key Announcements: Instruct Lab, Granite AI Models, and RHEL AI
Red Hat Summit unveiled major announcements such as Instruct Lab, an innovative tool enabling non-data scientists to contribute to training large language models. Additionally, Red Hat open-sourced Granite AI models, surprising the audience. RHEL AI was introduced as an AI-optimized version of Red Hat's enterprise Linux platform, offering tools to build AI applications.
Image Mode and Expo Hall Experience
A standout feature from Red Hat Summit was Image Mode, a new method for deploying AI applications on Red Hat platforms. Attendees explored the vast Expo Hall, experiencing the scale of the event and engaging with cutting-edge technologies like bootable containers. The event highlighted the fusion of business networking opportunities and technical innovations, leaving attendees excited about the future.
Party Atmosphere and Community Engagement
The Summit culminated in a vibrant block party, showcasing Red Hat's commitment to fostering a dynamic community of tech enthusiasts and professionals. Through interactive gadget showcases and shared experiences, attendees like Drew found value in networking and knowledge exchange. The event underscored the blend of high-level business discussions and hands-on technical exploration, sparking enthusiasm for Red Hat's future technological advancements.
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Morse Code Translator and Telegram for Fun Communication
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Introducing image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux — Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a new deployment method that takes a container-native approach to deliver the OS as a bootc container image.
bootc Introduction — Transactional, in-place operating system updates using OCI/Docker container images. bootc is the key component in a broader mission of bootable containers.
What is InstructLab? — InstructLab is an open source project for enhancing large language models (LLMs) used in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications.
InstructLab — InstructLab is a model-agnostic open source AI project that facilitates contributions to Large Language Models (LLMs).
instructlab CLI — Command-line interface. Use this to chat with the model or train the model (training consumes the taxonomy data).
IBM's Granite code model family is going open source — We're releasing a series of decoder-only Granite code models for code generative tasks, trained with code written in 116 programming languages. The Granite code models family consists of models ranging in size from 3 to 34 billion parameters, in both a base model and instruction-following model variants.
Getting Started with Fedora/CentOS bootc — The Fedora/CentOS bootc project generates reference base images that are designed for use with the bootc project. Its goal is to provide a host system easily configurable via container tooling, usable as a container host, but also to allow non-containerized deployments with applications bound to the host context.
CentOS/centos-bootc — Create and maintain base bootable container images from Fedora ELN and CentOS Stream packages.
