Standardizing the Unstandardized - Securing AI Supply Chain With Model-Spec and Kitops

Learn how to secure AI supply chains through standardization in this conference talk that addresses the current "Wild West" state of the AI ecosystem where inconsistent packaging, varying model formats, and lack of transparency create security vulnerabilities. Discover how ModelSpec, an OCI-based specification from CloudNativeAI, and KitOps, a CNCF sandbox project, provide cloud-neutral solutions for secure packaging, signing, and verification of AI models similar to container management. Explore how these tools leverage the existing OCI ecosystem and container registries like Harbor to enable versioning, auditing, licensing, and secure distribution of models with built-in provenance, reproducibility, and compliance features.