AIHub·
Deborah Lupton / Servers in a Landscape / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 Artificial intelligence systems that ask users to pause to consider AI’s energy consumption and environmental impacts are likely to reduce unnecessary AI use, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The findings, published in Science Communication, are important as AI is already using […]
Read full articleThe AIhub coffee corner captures the musings of AI experts over a short conversation. This month we delve into world models. What are they, and what potential do they have? Joining the conversation this time are: Sanmay Das (Virginia Tech), Rina Dechter (University of California, Irvine), Tom Dietterich (Oregon State University), Sabine Hauert (University of […]
Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash Datacentres are consuming 6% of electricity in the UK and US, with the growing strain of AI on energy supplies prompting community resistance, according to research. The proportion of electricity used by vast warehouses stacked with microchips to power AI and the internet has risen 15% worldwide in the past two years as annual global investment in datacentres approaches $1tn (£740bn) – nearly 1% of the global economy, according to the International Data Center Association (IDCA). Continue reading...
Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed legislation that would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centre construction, blocking permits until November 2027 while a study council examined their environmental and energy impacts. Mills, a Democrat currently running for the US Senate, said she would have signed the bill had it included […]
