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The hidden storage bill behind AI video inference
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On October 22, MIT Technology Review reported on the storage overhead behind AI video inference. An internal WD measurement found that an 8-second AI video reaches the user as a 3.97MB 720p file, while the backend keeps more than 500MB of associated data. The report puts that associated data at 130 times the output file. It does not say what the data consists of, how long it is kept, or what it costs to store.
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Oct 22
- MIT Technology Review · AIAI’s hidden storage bill: What inference leaves behind
WD 内部测量显示，一段 8 秒 AI 视频（用户拿到的是 3.97MB 的 720p 文件）在后端留下超过 500MB 关联数据，是输出文件体积的 130 倍。
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