Red Hat's Asago: Automating AI Governance & Safety

Red Hat, an open-source software provider, has launched a new community project called asago. This initiative aims to automate how AI governance policies are transformed into safely deployed AI systems. What's interesting is that asago brings together industry leaders like IBM and Microsoft, along with academic institutions such as MIT. Their goal is to integrate expertise across AI safety, software engineering, and regulatory compliance. The project will connect fragmented steps and tools to create an automated, auditable, and traceable workflow. Stuart Battersby, from Red Hat, explains that asago will translate written governance policies into measurable risks and deployable safety controls. It will also generate use-case specific scenarios for automated safety testing, identifying risks and harmful behaviors. This matters because it helps organizations establish clear operational guardrails as they move towards autonomous AI systems.