# Why AI developers are grumpy about containers

DevFeed: [Why AI developers are grumpy about containers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-ai-developers-are-grumpy-about-containers-13325.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/why-ai-developers-are-grumpy-about-containers>)

Published: 2024-10-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-containers.md>), [artificial-intelligene](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligene.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [conda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conda.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [pytorch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pytorch.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard summarizes interviews with machine learning specialists, AI developers, and data scientists about using containers in AI applications. The reported concerns include bloated images, security priorities beyond container CVEs, difficult dependencies, limited container expertise among some machine learning specialists, and reliance on inherited Dockerfile defaults and templates.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard interviewed AI developers about containers and how they are used in the creation of AI applications. See the results.