The role of cloud providers in NLP
Cloud providers play a crucial role in the field of NLP by offering a wide range of services that democratize access to cutting-edge technologies. Their contribution can be categorized into several key areas:
- Infrastructure: Cloud providers offer the necessary computational infrastructure required for NLP tasks, which often demand significant processing power. This infrastructure supports the training of large-scale language models and the deployment of NLP applications without the need for organizations to invest in their own hardware.
- Platform as a service (PaaS): Through PaaS offerings, cloud providers supply platforms that allow developers to build, deploy, and manage NLP applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure.
- NLP services and APIs: Cloud providers such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure offer a suite of pre-built NLP services and APIs. These include text analysis...
