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I believe the GP refers to Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. And while yeah, that's probably them, I'd put a non-trivial chance of some government intell
by marcosdumay 2y ago
I believe the GP refers to Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.
And while yeah, that's probably them, I'd put a non-trivial chance of some government intelligence organization to make it into the top 3.
- ghshephard 2y agoI’m guessing a massive amount is for inference for whatsapp, and the original goal was making for relevant instagram - and of course the massive Llama model training - my guess is Facebook is a relatively small component of Meta’s overall use of GPUs. Feed recommendations? (unless you were using facebook as a holder for Meta?)
- vineyardmike 2y agoIt’s absolutely not WhatsApp. It’s their recommendation engines. They’ve publicly stated they’re buying enough GPUs to have the spare capacity to train another “reels” sized product for when the opportunity emerges. (They absolutely use it as a holder for Meta)
- miki123211 2y agoANd possibly some less-known companies, as fronts for the Chinese.
- alephnerd 2y ago> less-known companies, as fronts for the Chinese. Not at that size. That is VERY on the nose sanctions evasion. Such sanctions evasions tend to use multiple smaller parties doing purchases and then reselling.
- alephnerd 2y ago> I'd put a non-trivial chance of some government intelligence organization to make it into the top 3 Most likely DoE. TLAs purchase indirectly (or use other federal agencies in the DoD as a front)