MLOps
MLOps applies DevOps principles to machine learning, combining practices and tools to version data and models, automate training and deployment, and monitor and retrain models in production, so that ML systems stay reliable and reproducible.
An MLOps pipeline covers data ingestion and validation, feature engineering, experiment tracking, training, evaluation, packaging, deployment and monitoring. Data, code and model artefacts are versioned so results can be reproduced. A model registry records approved versions and their metadata, CI/CD pipelines test and deploy models, and monitoring tracks input drift, prediction quality, latency and resource use.
Without MLOps, models often stall after a successful pilot or degrade unnoticed in production. Industrial deployments add challenges: models may run on many edge devices across plants, connectivity can be intermittent, and updates must be scheduled around production and validated before release.
Maturity grows from manual, notebook-based workflows to automated retraining with governance gates. Good practice includes reproducible environments, automated tests for data and models, staged roll-outs with rollback, audit trails for regulated uses and clear ownership. The term LLMOps is used for related practices in large language model applications, including prompt and evaluation management.
Key points
- Applies DevOps practices to the machine learning life cycle
- Versions data, code and models for reproducibility
- Automates training, deployment, monitoring and retraining
- Edge deployments add fleet management and staged updates
Where AiVibe comes in
AiVibe delivers AI and machine learning services, chatbots and virtual assistants with RAG, MCP tools and voice, AI quality management including bias detection and model validation, and the AIMURUGA AI agent, and builds Intel-based edge AI devices using the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit.