Tag: environmental impact
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Slashdot: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected
Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0249201/hugging-face-researchers-warn-ai-generated-video-consumes-much-more-power-than-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The findings from researchers at Hugging Face reveal that generative AI tools for text-to-video production have a significantly larger carbon footprint than expected. The study highlights a non-linear increase…
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Scott Logic: Greener AI – what matters, what helps, and what we still do not know
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/16/greener-ai-lit-review.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Greener AI – what matters, what helps, and what we still do not know Feedly Summary: We recently undertook a literature review about the environmental impact of AI, across carbon, energy, and water. It offers practical strategies for teams to reduce impact today, while highlighting the gaps in…
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Cloud Blog: Our approach to carbon-aware data centers: Central data center fleet management
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/googles-approach-to-carbon-aware-data-center/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Our approach to carbon-aware data centers: Central data center fleet management Feedly Summary: Data centers are the engines of the cloud, processing and storing the information that powers our daily lives. As digital services grow, so do our data centers and we are working to responsibly manage them.…
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Scott Logic: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/09/reading-the-gentle-singularity-through-a-sustainability-lens.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens Feedly Summary: Sam Altman says AI will cost as little as electricity—but what’s the real environmental impact of billions of queries a day? In this post I dig into the numbers from the blog post “The Gentle Singularity" and compare…
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Scott Logic: Technology Carbon Standard Update – 4th September 2025
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/04/technology-carbon-standard-update-4-sept.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Technology Carbon Standard Update – 4th September 2025 Feedly Summary: The Scott Logic sustainability team has recently been updating the open-source Technology Carbon Standard website to better reflect evolving challenges of carbon accounting in the tech sector. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses updates to…
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Slashdot: Google Says It Dropped the Energy Cost of AI Queries By 33x In One Year
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2118234/google-says-it-dropped-the-energy-cost-of-ai-queries-by-33x-in-one-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says It Dropped the Energy Cost of AI Queries By 33x In One Year Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s recent analysis reveals a significant reduction in the energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with its AI text queries, achieving a 33x reduction over the…
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Cloud Blog: How much energy does Google’s AI use? We did the math
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How much energy does Google’s AI use? We did the math Feedly Summary: AI is unlocking scientific breakthroughs, improving healthcare and education, and could add trillions to the global economy. Understanding AI’s footprint is crucial, yet thorough data on the energy and environmental impact of AI inference —…