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Permacomputing: Achtergrond en artikelen energieverbruik

Artikel: Generative AI: energy consumption soars, Anne-Laure Ligozat en Alex de Vries

Key takeaways

      • The energy consumption of artificial intelligence is skyrocketing with the craze for generative AI, although there is a lack of data provided by companies.
      • Interactions with AIs like ChatGPT could consume 10 times more electricity than a standard Google search, according to the International Energy Agency (IAE).
      • The increase in electricity consumption by data centres, cryptocurrencies and AI between 2022 and 2026 could be equivalent to the electricity consumption of Sweden or Germany.
      • AI’s carbon footprint is far from negligible, with scientists estimating that training the BLOOM AI model emits 10 times more greenhouse gases than a French person in a year.
      • It seems complex to reduce the energy consumption of AI, making it essential to promote moderation in the future.

 

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