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Semantic Search: A Deep Dive Into Vector Databases (with Zain Hasan)

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Scale of Objects in Social Media Applications and Recommender Systems

In social media applications like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, the number of objects can reach trillions. When considering recommender systems like Netflix, which has hundreds of millions of users and a vast catalog with thousands of TV shows and movies, the number of documents can range from billions to tens of billions. Companies are exploring the use of vector databases with some having tested up to billions of documents, even reaching three to four billion. On a lower end, the scale can be around 10 to 20 million documents.

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