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  • Slashdot: What are the Carbon Costs of Asking an AI a Question?

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/21/1844252/what-are-the-carbon-costs-of-asking-an-ai-a-question?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: What are the Carbon Costs of Asking an AI a Question? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides insights into the environmental impact of using artificial intelligence, particularly focusing on energy consumption and carbon costs. It highlights how energy usage varies between AI models and…

  • Cloud Blog: Graduating the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in Europe & Israel

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/graduating-ai-first-accelerator-in-europe-and-israel/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Graduating the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in Europe & Israel Feedly Summary: Today, we’re incredibly proud to announce the graduation of the latest cohort from the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First from Europe & Israel! This milestone marks the culmination of an intensive three-months journey…

  • Cloud Blog: Simplify your multi-cloud strategy with Cloud Location Finder, now in preview

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/googles-cloud-location-finder-unifies-multi-cloud-location-data/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Simplify your multi-cloud strategy with Cloud Location Finder, now in preview Feedly Summary: As cloud environments expand beyond traditional architectures to include multiple clouds, managing your infrastructure effectively becomes more complex. Imagine easily accessing consistent and up-to-date location information across different cloud providers, so your multi-cloud applications are…

  • Slashdot: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/2154202/tech-giants-indirect-emissions-rose-150-in-three-years Source: Slashdot Title: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent United Nations report highlighting the significant increase in indirect carbon emissions from leading AI-focused tech companies due to their energy-intensive data centers. As investments in AI grow,…

  • The Register: Meta just saved an Illinois nuclear plant that was set to be mothballed

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_signs_20year_nuclear_deal/ Source: The Register Title: Meta just saved an Illinois nuclear plant that was set to be mothballed Feedly Summary: The 20-year deal with Constellation will slake Zuckercorp’s thirst for energy to power AI datacenters Meta has signed a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to keep the lights on at an Illinois nuke…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-card/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Feedly Summary: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Direct link to a PDF on Anthropic’s CDN because they don’t appear to have a landing page anywhere for this document. Anthropic’s system cards are always worth…

  • Scott Logic: Tools for measuring Cloud Carbon Emissions (updated for 2025)

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/20/tools-for-measuring-cloud-carbon-emissions-updated-for-2025.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Tools for measuring Cloud Carbon Emissions (updated for 2025) Feedly Summary: In this post I’ll discuss ways of estimating the emissions caused by your Cloud workloads as a first step towards reaching your organisation’s Net Zero goals. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a comprehensive…