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Most likely because their operational costs are borderline obscene due to reliance on Google Cloud for their ML pipeline and moving all their metadata to dynamo
by nojito 6y ago
Most likely because their operational costs are borderline obscene due to reliance on Google Cloud for their ML pipeline and moving all their metadata to dynamodb.
- anbotero 6y agoML? For what? It’s not like it finds the GIF you’re looking for. Serious question.
- 908087 6y agoMost likely for buzzword value.
- tiborsaas 6y agoI would guess automatic tagging and content recognition.
- projektfu 6y agoIt chooses the appropriate gif based on a thorough analysis of your personality and preferences. Share and Enjoy!
- vorpalhex 6y agoIf you're not paying for it, you are the product. The ML isn't for us, it's for their customers.
- nojito 6y agohttps://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/building-a-better-giphy-with-google-clouds-machine-learning-tools https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/building-a-better... They are literally setting money on fire.
- EE84M3i 6y agoThey use both GCP and AWS? Hopefully they're not moving large volumes of data between clouds.