Intel Open Source AI reference kits now available for free

Intel has this week announced the release of its first set of open source artificial intelligence reference kits specifically designed to make AI more accessible to organizations in on-prem, cloud and edge environments. The AI reference kits include AI model code, end-to-end machine learning pipeline instructions, libraries and Intel oneAPI components for cross-architecture performance. The Intel Open Source AI reference kits are now available to download for free from the official Intel website and are also available via GitHub. "Innovation thrives in an open, democratized environment. The Intel accelerated open AI software ecosystem including optimized popular frameworks and Intel's AI tools are built on the foundation of an open, standards-based, unified oneAPI programming model. These reference kits, built with components of Intel's end-to-end AI software portfolio, will enable millions of developers and data scientists to introduce AI quickly and easily into their applications or boost their existing intelligent solutions."