Friday Five — April 10, 2026

Don't forget to register for Red Hat Summit

Registration is now open for Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta! Register by February 23 for the lowest rates, or save further with group discounts for three or more attendees from your organization. Secure your spot now for the best value. Learn more

Red Hat AI tops MLPerf Inference v6.0 with vLLM on Qwen3-VL, Whisper, and GPT-OSS-120B

Enterprises use MLPerf to evaluate AI workload performance by comparing hardware and software stacks in a standardized environment. These results illustrate Red Hat's ability to match or outperform other inference engines on the same hardware, scale distributed inference on OpenShift AI, and run across multiple GPU vendors without changing the software. Learn more

What is sovereign AI?

Sovereign AI is an implementation of digital sovereignty that aims to decentralize AI capabilities by removing reliance on external gatekeepers. With the help of open source models and local infrastructure, sovereign AI is a framework that imagines AI as a locally owned and operated utility. Learn more

Cloud Computing News: Red Hat’s 2026 report exposes the cloud-native security execution gap–and how to close it

The report’s sharpest finding is the distance between how prepared organizations believe they are and what their security programmes can actually demonstrate. Learn more

Raconteur: Digital sovereignty - breaking the cloud vendor trap

Rising costs and geopolitical shifts are ending the era of total cloud reliance. Here is how business leaders are clawing back control of their data and infrastructure. Learn more