AI on IBM Z & IBM LinuxONE Community Blog

Accelerate and enhance the development of predictive AI models and LLMs on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE with IBM Synthetic Data Sets

By Elpida Tzortzatos posted 29 days ago
Announcing IBM Synthetic Data Sets Today, we are thrilled to announce the launch of IBM Synthetic Data Sets , a family of enterprise-grade data sets that are artificially ...

AI and mainframes: a symbiotic relationship for enhanced innovation - Spanish Translation / Inteligencia artificial y mainframes: una relación simbiótica para mejorar la innovación

By Glenn Havelock posted Fri January 24, 2025
La AI y los mainframes: una relación simbiótica para mejorar la innovación Los mainframes modernos y la AI forman una poderosa alianza para impulsar la innovación y la creación de valor. Los ejecutivos ...

IBM® Cloud Pak for Data 5.1 on IBM Z - GA of AI Factsheets and Tech Preview of DataStage

By Jasmeet Bhatia posted Wed December 11, 2024
It's an exciting time for organizations, who are looking to adopt AI and are dealing with huge volumes of data that come from different data sources. As more and more companies recognize the business value ...

IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler 4.3.0

By SUNNY ANAND posted Wed November 27, 2024
Today we are excited to announce the 4.3.0 update for the IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler (IBM zDLC). The icr.io/ibmz/zdlc:4.3.0 image is available now from the IBM Z and LinuxONE Container Image Registry ...

Deploying AI models at scale on IBM Z with AI Toolkit for IBM Z and LinuxONE

By Prashantha Subbarao posted Tue November 19, 2024
By Prashantha Subbarao , Andrew Sica , Pradipta Ghosh In November of last year we announced the AI Toolkit for IBM Z and LinuxONE, which provides IBM Elite support for a key optimized set of ...

Introducing Anaconda for IBM® LinuxONE with IBM Cloud Pak for Data on IBM Z

By Jasmeet Bhatia posted Fri August 16, 2024
We are excited to announce the integration of Anaconda for Linux with IBM Cloud Pak ® for Data on IBM Z ® , offering a powerful, cloud-native solution that accelerates data science and AI initiatives. ...

IBM watsonx Assistant for Z is now generally available!

By Khadija Souissi posted Wed June 19, 2024
We’re excited to announce the general availability of IBM watsonx Assistant for Z - a new generative AI assistant that brings conversational AI and IT automation together to transform the way system ...

Announcing MLz v3.2: Enhanced Trust and Efficiency for transactional AI integrated into z/OS applications

By SHUANG YU posted Fri June 14, 2024
Today we are excited to announce that Machine Learning for IBM z/OS , MLz v3.2. is now generally available worldwide through IBM and certified IBM partners. This new version is packed with ...

AI on LinuxONE

By Aishwerya Paul posted Tue June 04, 2024
I don’t need to tell anyone how hot the topic of AI is today. We see it all the time in the press and industry commentary. I work with clients daily, and almost all are all keen to deploy AI in their business. ...

Introducing Machine Learning for IBM z/OS v3.2 with enhanced Trustworthy AI Features and elevating AI in Transactional Workloads

By Abid Alam posted Tue May 21, 2024
As IT leaders, the constant evolution of workload trends is a familiar challenge and the pressure to operationalize AI workloads, deliver real-time insights, and maintain performance requirements is ever-present. ...

Leverage JupyterLab, MongoDB, and more with Python AI Toolkit for z/OS

By EVAN RIVERA posted Fri May 10, 2024
I’m happy to share that IBM has significantly extended the capabilities of Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS in our newest continuous delivery update! Some key capabilities include: Extended Jupyter ...

IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler 4.2.0

By Charles Volzka posted Thu April 18, 2024
IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler 4.2.0 Today we are excited to announce the 4.2.0 update for the IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler (IBM zDLC). The icr.io/ibmz/zdlc:4.2.0 image is available now from the ...

Enhanced Web Applications via Dash in the Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS

By Joe Bostian posted Mon April 01, 2024
We are pleased to release version 1.1.4 of the Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS, which now includes the release of the Dash framework for improved web-based applications for data analysis. This framework ...

Machine Learning for IBM z/OS wins AI Excellence Award from Business Intelligence Group

By Abid Alam posted Wed March 20, 2024
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Machine Learning for IBM z/OS has been honored with the prestigious 2024 AI Excellence Award from the esteemed Business Intelligence Group. This recognition ...

AI Solution Templates for IBM Z & LinuxONE

By EVAN RIVERA posted Wed March 13, 2024
I’m excited to announce that our new AI Solution Templates for IBM Z & LinuxONE are now available within the Open Mainframe Project! What are they? AI Solution Templates are a suite of ...

AI on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE Sessions in SHARE, Orlando

By Suhas Kashyap posted Wed February 14, 2024
SHARE® is an independent volunteer-run information technology association that provides education, professional networking and industry influence for the enterprise IT community. SHARE, Orlando is around ...

Data Access, Visualization, & Python 3.12 Support with Python AI Toolkit for z/OS

By EVAN RIVERA posted Tue December 19, 2023
I’m happy to announce that we have enhanced Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS with additional data access/visualization functionality and Python 3.12 support! With extended IBM Db2 capabilities, ...

Explainable AI in mission-critical workloads with Machine Learning for IBM z/OS v3.1

By Abid Alam posted Fri December 15, 2023
We all are witnessing the transformative power of AI and the promise of exponential benefits it could bring to a wide range of applications and AI systems have become increasingly attractive to many enterprises. ...

IBM Z Accelerated Serving for TensorFlow is now GA

By Prashantha Subbarao posted Thu December 14, 2023
We are excited to announce the general availability of IBM Z Accelerated Serving for TensorFlow. This enables IBM z16 clients to obtain an enhanced TensorFlow Serving build that can leverage the IBM z16 ...

IBM Z Accelerated for TensorFlow is now GA

By Prashantha Subbarao posted Thu December 14, 2023
IBM Z Accelerated for TensorFlow is a containerized solution that harnesses the benefits of TensorFlow and optimized to run on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE platforms. TensorFlow is currently the most popular ...