Sustainability soundbites from the India AI Impact Summit

Well, this should be a quick post! Why? Because despite having the word "Impact" in its title, the India AI Impact Summit only featured a handful of sessions on the elephant in the room - AI's considerable environmental impacts - despite "Planet" being one of its three main pillars, or sutras. As usual, we couldn’t … Continue reading Sustainability soundbites from the India AI Impact Summit

Can we really assess the environmental impacts of AI?

As highlighted in our previous article, there is every reason to believe that the environmental impact of generative AI is set to increase significantly: sevenfold by 2030, according to the latest study by the GreenIT Association. The need for frugal AI therefore seems obvious. But how can we assess these impacts on a daily basis, … Continue reading Can we really assess the environmental impacts of AI?