Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks emphasized the role of open source in making AI more accessible and cost-efficient at the Red Hat Summit 2024.

The company introduced Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) to support the development and deployment of enterprise-scale large language models.

Red Hat announced the open-sourcing of InstructLab and bolstered AI capabilities on OpenShift with Kubernetes-based support, including the KServe custom resource definition.

Enhancements to OpenShift include AI model deployment on single node clusters and tool integrations with VS Code and RStudio.

Strategic alliances with tech giants like Intel, AMD, and Oracle, among others, aim to facilitate OpenShift deployment across diverse processors and environments.

Red Hat is focusing on GPU-optimized AI workloads and plans to integrate large language model support into its Konveyor toolkit.

A developer preview of Red Hat Connectivity Link is released, expanding the Lightspeed generative AI platform's capabilities.

An extended 12-month EUS term is offered for OpenShift 4.14 and future even-numbered releases, underlining Red Hat's commitment to hybrid cloud computing.