What’s powering the next wave of government AI

Recent federal initiatives, including the White House’s “AI Action Plan,” underscore the urgency of accelerating AI adoption across government. While the policy lays the foundation, open source technology is already overcoming the biggest barriers, offering scalable, efficient and more secure tools that agencies can deploy today. 

Open source AI: Accelerating government adoption 

A key aspect of this pillar is the call to “Encourage Open-Source and Open-Weight AI,” a philosophy that aligns with Red Hat's views on open source AI. The White House action plan states that “Open-source and open-weight AI models are made freely available by developers for anyone in the world to download and modify,” offering significant value to startups, businesses and governments by reducing their reliance on large cloud providers. 

It notes that both businesses and governments often have “sensitive data that they cannot send to closed model vendors.” Open weight models reduce dependency on proprietary ...