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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Video: Opinion | A.I.'s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

A.I.'s growth consumes vast energy, water and rare minerals, scarring landscapes and creating supply-chain vulnerabilities that threaten its own infrastructure.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water - experts say that's misleading

Gemini prompts use about 0.26 mL water and 0.24 Wh electricity per prompt, but experts say Google omitted indirect water use, making claims misleading.
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Mistral's new "environmental audit" shows how much AI is hurting the planet

The environmental audit by Mistral reveals that the majority of CO2 emissions and water consumption arise during model training and inference, not from construction or end-user equipment.
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