Accelerating open source development with AI

Accelerating open source development with AI A little historical context Principles of AI adoption in open source Innovating responsibly Being transparent Respecting the community Innovation in action at Red Hat Open source is about principled innovation The adaptable enterprise: Why AI readiness is disruption readiness About the authors Chris Wright Josh Berkus More like this Solving the scaling challenge: 3 proven strategies for your AI infrastructure How Red Hat OpenShift AI simplifies trust and compliance Technically Speaking | Platform engineering for AI agents Technically Speaking | Driving healthcare discoveries with AI Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share In many open source communities, there’s a fair amount of skepticism around the use of generative AI (gen AI) tools for contribution and development. There are valid reasons for concern. Our goal in this article, and in Red Hat's own practice, is to address those concerns directly and not dismiss them. Our answers aren't just advice for others—they enable our own engineers, most of whom are open source contributors as well. We'll share with you the guidelines we've established for Red Hat engineers, based on our use of open source principles in practice. But first, we'd like to put the current wave of new tools into context. For the last 4 decades, we've been regularly implementing new and improved tools and processes for software development. You name it: Compilers, version control systems, IDEs, virtual machines (both kinds), cloud instances, agile development, containers, configuration management, and automated testing. Every set of tools was once new, and many of them triggered heated arguments about authorship, quality, and legitimacy. There was a time when both compiler flags and auto-complete in IDEs were hot-button issues. AI-based development tooling is no different. Nor should it be.