Red Hat extends the Podman desktop interface with Podman AI Lab.

Red Hat launches Podman AI Lab, an extension of the Podman Desktop interface that enables developers to build, test, and run GenAI-based applications in containers on their local workstation. This feature makes GenAI more accessible and allows developers to work locally and store their data locally.

New opportunities

Podman AI Lab enables developers to easily develop AI-based applications thanks to a catalog of sample applications. This catalog includes examples such as chatbots, text summarization, code generators, object detection, and audio transcription. Developers can view the source code of these examples and learn how to create and customize their own AI models.

Containers provide a simplified way to run databases locally, and developers are looking for the same simplicity in AI models. With Podman AI Lab, local inference servers are available, making it easier to run models locally and develop new functionality. In addition, Podman AI Lab has a gaming environment where users can experiment with models and analyze their behavior. Intuitive user guidance helps in choosing the right model and settings for specific use cases.

integration

Podman AI Lab is built on Podman Desktop, an open source Red Hat project with more than a million downloads. It also integrates with Red Hat Enterprise Linux image mode, allowing RHEL to be deployed as a container image. This allows developers to quickly prototype and turn them into full-fledged AI-based applications in containers. Thanks to Podman and Red Hat OpenShift, these containers can run anywhere, from bare metal to the cloud.