IBM used its annual Think conference to announce the upcoming release of IBM watsonx, a new AI and data platform. The platform aims to help enterprises scale and accelerate the impact of advanced AI with trusted data, providing a full technology stack for training, tuning, and deploying AI models. IBM also unveiled plans for advancements such as GPU-as-a-service, an AI-powered dashboard for carbon emissions, and a new practice for Watson and generative AI from IBM Consulting.
IBM used its annual Think conference to announce the upcoming release of IBM watsonx, a new AI and data platform. The platform aims to help enterprises scale and accelerate the impact of advanced AI with trusted data, providing a full technology stack for training, tuning, and deploying AI models. IBM also unveiled plans for advancements such as GPU-as-a-service, an AI-powered dashboard for carbon emissions, and a new practice for Watson and generative AI from IBM Consulting.
watsonx
watsonx will provide businesses with an AI development studio, data store, and governance toolkit for a seamless end-to-end AI workflow. This makes AI adaptation and scaling easier, ensuring enterprises retain control over their data while benefiting from competitive differentiation and unique business value.
The watsonx platform includes three unique product sets: watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, and watsonx.governance. The watsonx.ai enterprise studio will offer a range of foundation models, training and tuning tools, and cost-effective infrastructure for the entire data and AI lifecycle.
Watsonx.data, a fit-for-purpose data store, will optimize governed data and AI workloads, while watsonx.governance will operationalize governance to mitigate risks and ensure transparent, explainable outcomes.
watsonx.ai
Watsonx.ai is a next-generation enterprise studio for AI builders that offers an open and intuitive user interface for training, testing, tuning, and deploying both traditional machine learning and new generative AI capabilities powered by foundation models featuring a library providing users with easy access to IBM-curated and trained models, covering various modalities such as code, natural language, and geospatial data.
Additionally, watsonx.ai builds upon Hugging Face‘s open-source libraries with thousands of open models and datasets, demonstrating IBM’s commitment to an open ecosystem approach for clients’ unique business needs.
watsonx.data
watsonx.data is a fit-for-purpose data store, built on open lakehouse architecture and optimized for governed data and AI workloads, providing querying, governance, and open data formats to access and share data seamlessly. This solution manages workloads on-premise and across multi-cloud environments, streamlining the user experience.
Through workload optimization, IBM says that organizations can reduce data warehouse costs by up to 50 percent. watsonx.data will offer users a single point of entry to access their data, applying fit-for-purpose query engines to uncover valuable insights. Additionally, it includes built-in governance tools, automation, and integrations with existing databases and tools, simplifying the setup process.
watsonx.governance
watsonx.governance is an AI governance toolkit designed to enable trusted AI workflows helping organizations mitigate risks, save time, and reduce costs associated with manual processes. By providing the necessary documentation, watsonx.governance drives transparent and explainable AI outcomes.
The toolkit offers mechanisms to protect customer privacy, proactively detect model bias and drift, and assist organizations in meeting their ethics standards. With Watsonx.governance, businesses can ensure compliance while confidently adopting advanced AI technologies, ultimately promoting responsible AI usage across the enterprise.
Addressing Key Business Needs
watsonx aims to address five key areas of business: customer and employee interactions, automating business and IT processes, protecting against threats, and tackling sustainability goals. IBM plans to integrate watsonx.ai foundation models throughout its major software products, including Watson Code Assistant, AIOps Insights, Watson Assistant, Watson Orchestrate, and the Environmental Intelligence Suite.
Driving AI Adoption
IBM will also announce additional offerings at Think 2023 to drive AI adoption, such as new GPU offerings on IBM Cloud, the IBM Consulting Center of Excellence for Generative AI, and the IBM Cloud Carbon Calculator. These advancements, combined with the watsonx platform, will help businesses integrate AI into their organizations, harnessing the power of generative AI for a competitive advantage.
Availability
watsonx.ai and watsonx.data will be generally available beginning July 2023. watsonx.governance is expected to be generally available later this year.
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