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The ubiquity of machine learning (ML) and the demand for ever-larger models bring an increase in energy consumption and environmental impact. However, little is known about the energy scaling laws in ML, and existing research focuses on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Emile Dos Santos Ferreira , Andrei Paleyes , Neil D. Lawrence

Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 and BERT have revolutionized natural language processing (NLP), yet their environmental costs remain dangerously overlooked. This article critiques the sustainability of LLMs, quantifying their carbon…

Background: The increasing environmental impact of Information Technologies, particularly in Machine Learning (ML), highlights the need for sustainable practices in software engineering. The escalating complexity and energy consumption of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Pau Duran , Joel Castaño , Cristina Gómez , Silverio Martínez-Fernández

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence has significantly increased the electricity, water, and carbon demands of modern data centers, raising sustainability concerns. This study evaluates the environmental footprint of AI server…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Aadi Patel , Nikhil Mahalingam , Rusheen Patel

Energy is now a critical ML computing resource. While measuring energy consumption and observing trends is a valuable first step, accurately understanding and diagnosing why those differences occur is crucial for optimization. To that end,…

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Climate change poses one of the most significant challenges to humanity. As a result of these climatic changes, the frequency of weather, climate, and water-related disasters has multiplied fivefold over the past 50 years, resulting in over…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Xiaolong Tu , Anik Mallik , Haoxin Wang , Jiang Xie

Artificial intelligence (AI) - and specifically machine learning (ML) - applications for climate prediction across timescales are proliferating quickly. The emergence of these methods prompts a revisit to the impact of data preprocessing, a…

The challenge that climate change poses to humanity has spurred a rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence research focused on climate change applications. The climate change AI (CCAI) community works on a diverse, challenging…

The rapid deployment of machine learning across platforms from milliwatt-class TinyML devices to large language models has made energy efficiency a primary constraint for sustainable AI. Across these scales, performance and energy are…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Mohammad Saleh Vahdatpour , Yanqing Zhang

To address the high energy consumption of artificial intelligence, energy consumption disclosure (ECD) has been proposed to steer users toward more sustainable practices, such as choosing efficient small language models (SLMs) over large…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Michael Klesel , Uwe Messer

In a world increasingly dominated by AI applications, an understudied aspect is the carbon and social footprint of these power-hungry algorithms that require copious computation and a trove of data for training and prediction. While…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Abhishek Gupta , Camylle Lanteigne , Sara Kingsley

Accelerated material discovery increasingly relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning, collectively termed "AI/ML". A key challenge in using AI is ensuring that human scientists trust the models are valid and reliable.…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-02 Benhour Amirian , Ashley S. Dale , Sergei Kalinin , Jason Hattrick-Simpers

As the performance of artificial intelligence systems has dramatically increased, so too has the environmental impact of creating these systems. While many model developers release estimates of the power consumption and carbon emissions…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Jacob Morrison , Clara Na , Jared Fernandez , Tim Dettmers , Emma Strubell , Jesse Dodge

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed locally for privacy and accessibility, yet users lack tools to measure their resource usage, environmental impact, and efficiency metrics. This paper presents EnviroLLM, an open-source…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Troy Allen

Accurately capturing the three dimensional power distribution within a reactor core is vital for ensuring the safe and economical operation of the reactor, compliance with Technical Specifications, and fuel cycle planning (safety, control,…

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly significant role in our everyday lives. This trend is expected to continue, especially with recent pushes to move more AI to the edge. However, one of the biggest challenges associated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-18 Cory Merkel

Current proposals for AI regulation, in the EU and beyond, aim to spur AI that is trustworthy (e.g., AI Act) and accountable (e.g., AI Liability) What is missing, however, is a robust regulatory discourse and roadmap to make AI, and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Philipp Hacker

The framework of the seventeen sustainable development goals is a challenge for developers and researchers applying artificial intelligence (AI). AI and earth observations (EO) can provide reliable and disaggregated data for better…

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Deep learning applications at the network edge lead to a significant growth in AI-related carbon emissions, presenting a critical sustainability challenge. The existing edge computing frameworks optimize for latency and throughput, but they…

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