A measured look at AI efficiency in open source development
Where can adding AI tools to the developer workflow yield the most benefits? Here's one veteran engineer's analysis. by John Baublitz, Principal Software Developer, Red Hat A 2025 METR study of AI efficiency in open source development engendered a lot of discussion...
CODECO: a deeper dive into the novel edge-cloud framework
CODECO stands for Cognitive Decentralized Edge to Cloud Orchestration. The open source software framework, pluggable to Kubernetes, aims to improve the energy efficiency and robustness of edge-cloud infrastructure by improving application deployment and runtime. by...
Student research yields a new tool for benchmarking LLM-generated unit tests
Student research spotlight: Dominik Tuchyňa Many developers rely on LLMs to generate unit tests. Dominik Tuchyňa, a recent Master’s student at the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University (MUNI), focused his thesis research on developing a tool that could help...
QUBIP for post-quantum cryptography demos pilots for IoT, telco
By Dmitry Belyavskiy, Red Hat Principal Software Engineer The transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has been one of the hottest security topics of the last several years, as expected advancements in quantum computing continue to increase the risk of quantum...
Choosing LLMs to generate high-quality unit tests for code
Student research spotlight—Alexandra Skysľaková Not all large language models (LLMs) are equally good at generating tests for all programming languages. Alexandra Skysľaková, a recent graduate from the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University (MUNI), focused her...
What the Massachusetts AI Hub could mean for AI innovation
High-impact AI solutions to global challenges are within reach. Here’s how Massachusetts’ big bet on equity and collaboration helps. By Orran Krieger Opportunities for AI development in open source got a big boost in December when Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey...
New solutions for drug discovery: harnessing the power of open cloud and open source AI
By Gagan Kumar The convergence of open source technology and artificial intelligence is transforming drug discovery, introducing new standards of transparency, collaboration, and innovation. On October 30th, leaders from research, industry, and academia gathered at...
Intern spotlight: Arlo Albelli, bird nerd and builder of architecture-agnostic optimizations
PhD interns at Red Hat Research’s partner universities play a pivotal role in bringing together the cutting-edge thinking of research institutions with the real-world expertise of industry. The PhD program enables long-term research partnerships that provide greater...
Fedora Linux transition for quantum resistant cryptography
By Dmitry Belyavskiy While numerous robust post-quantum (PQ) standards exist, along with various projects implementing them, widespread adoption for communication and data protection hinges on their integration into mainstream OS distributions. By incorporating these...
Student research spotlight: Jakub Suchánek studies authentication in public open source repositories
Understanding user perception and behavior is often neglected in open source software (OSS) security. Jakub Suchánek, a student of the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, collaborated with Red Hat Research on a project investigating authentication in public...