Tag: environmental implications
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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: 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: Bridging the AI Valley of Doubt
Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/23/bridging-the-AI-valley-of-doubt.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Bridging the AI Valley of Doubt Feedly Summary: Despite the UK being the world’s third-largest AI industry, only 1 in 6 UK firms are actively using AI due to financial, skills, and risk concerns, but businesses can bridge this “valley of doubt" by adopting measured "AI in the…
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AlgorithmWatch: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/explainer-ai-energy-consumption/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Fighting the Power Deficiency: The AI Energy Crisis Feedly Summary: Is AI contributing to solving the climate crisis or to making it worse? Either way, the increase in AI applications goes hand in hand with the need for additional data centers, for which energy resources are currently lacking. AI…
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The Register: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/ai_spending_spree_continues_as/ Source: The Register Title: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025 Feedly Summary: With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis… oh wait The AI datacenter spending splurge looks likely to continue in 2025, with Microsoft alone saying it will invest $80 billion this year on building…