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People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.
Generative AI, those astonishingly powerful language- and image-generating tools taking the world by storm, come at a price: a big carbon footprint. But not all AIs are equally dirty.
Vast amounts of digital data is stored on computer servers and never used.
Training neural networks burns through a lot of energy. As the AI field grows, it’s working to keep its carbon foot print from growing with it.
Can developing countries get rich from data?
Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production in the vinyl era is not a patch on the equivalent from running giant servers today.
How data is changing the shape of our personal ‘bubble’ – in pictures.
Data centers are taking over the factories where workers once processed checks, baked bread and printed Bibles. What will the rise of the information-based economy mean for American cities?
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University
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