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And get sued by Google? You aren't allowed to use them to train anything that could compete with Google's business or products as part of the usage agreement.
by csdtx 6y ago
And get sued by Google? You aren't allowed to use them to train anything that could compete with Google's business or products as part of the usage agreement.
- Teknoman117 6y agoSo is the only reason to buy TPUs to learn about them and go work for Google or something? Why sell them if you can't use them for anything (as Google considers anything computing to be under their domain).
- brandmeyer 6y ago> Why sell them They don't. GOOG rents them.
- Teknoman117 6y agoSorry, when I said sell I was thinking of the Coral Edge TPU board.
- brandmeyer 6y agoCitation? I did a little digging of my own, because I found this claim to be uncharacteristic of any company I've ever worked for. I did find some restrictive clauses, but I don't think they are as broad as you are suggesting. https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms Service Specific Terms -> AI and Machine Learning. You can't use Google's fully-trained models as a reference in order to train your own models. Lower-level uses of TPUs to train your own models from your own training data are unrelated to those restrictions. Certainly nothing in the Acceptable Use Policy looks anti-competitive to me. Obvious disclaimer is obvious: IANAL.