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Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins

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May 23, 2023, 12:27 p.m. | Kate Saenko, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University

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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.

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