Friday Five — February 7, 2025

Open source AI: Red Hat’s point-of-view

Red Hat views the minimum criteria for open source AI as open source-licensed model weights combined with open source software components. Read more about what Red Hat's Chris Wright has to say. Learn more

ZDNet - Red Hat's take on open-source AI: Pragmatism over utopian dreams

Open source AI is changing everything people thought they knew about AI. Red Hat's pragmatic approach to open source AI reflects a decades-long commitment to open source principles while grappling with the unique complexities of modern AI systems. Learn more

CRN - 2025 Channel Chiefs - 50 Most Influential

In celebration of CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs, here’s a look at 50 leaders who drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships within the IT industry, including Red Hat’s own Stefanie Chiras. Learn more

Beyond the AI pilot project: Building a foundation for generative AI

Evolving your AI experiment from a science project into a full-fledged production AI application involves a lot of factors. So, we've collected 11 resources that can help you build a solid foundation for your existing and future generative AI applications and experiments. Learn more

The New Stack - The Engineer’s Guide to Controlling Configuration Drift

Configuration drift, the divergence of systems from their intended state by a mistake or patch, can cause a minor glitch to a significant outage. While tools like Ansible Automation Platform exist to help mitigate drift, they can’t eliminate it because it also stems from people and processes. Learn more