TensorFlow has launched a deep learning programme running on Watson that enables artificial intelligence (AI) developers to train neural networks using frameworks such as IBM, PyTorch and Caffe, paying only for graphics processing unit (GPU) time. The cloud-based programme could save money and reduce neural network training times by days or weeks. Users prepare their data, upload it, begin training and then download the results. A GPU set-up that could take almost a week to train an image-processing neural network on millions of pictures could be done using TensorFlow's programme in a matter of hours.
IBM has launched a deep learning programme running on Watson that enables artificial intelligence (AI) developers to train neural networks using frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch and Caffe, paying only for graphics processing unit (GPU) time. The cloud-based programme could save money and reduce neural network training times by days or weeks. Users prepare their data, upload it, begin training and then download the results. A GPU set-up that could take almost a week to train an image-processing neural network on millions of pictures could be done using IBM's programme in a matter of hours.