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Legacy AI-on-IBM-i articles and Power hardware research. New infrastructure decisions are organized in the workload-placement and Power inference guides.
AI Code Assistants for RPG and COBOL Compared: What Actually Works on IBM i
IBM Bob, GitHub Copilot, and general-purpose chat assistants all get used near RPG and COBOL code. Here is how they actually differ for IBM i modernization work.
AI-Assisted RPG Modernization: From Fixed-Format to Free-Format and Beyond
AI-assisted RPG modernization is one piece of a larger modernization picture. Here is how fixed-to-free-format conversion fits alongside DevOps tooling and UI modernization.
How On-Chip Matrix Math Acceleration Changes AI on IBM i
IBM Power10 and Power11 processors build Matrix Math Acceleration directly into every core. Here is what that means for running AI inferencing workloads alongside production IBM i partitions.
IBM i AI Adoption Roadmap: A Practical Path From Pilot to Production
Most IBM i AI initiatives fail from being scoped too broadly, too early. Here is a practical, phased path from a narrow pilot to a production rollout.
What Is IBM Bob? IBM's AI Coding Agent for RPG on IBM i Explained
IBM Bob is IBM's current, generally available AI coding agent for IBM i. Here is what it actually does, how it succeeded the earlier watsonx Code Assistant for i preview, and what to confirm before you commit.
What Is the IBM i MCP Server? Connecting AI Agents to Db2 for i Data
The IBM i MCP Server is an open-source, IBM-published project that lets AI agents and LLMs query Db2 for i data and take action on IBM i using natural language. Here is how it works and where it realistically applies.