{"id":90731,"date":"2024-02-27T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90731"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:33:07","slug":"generative-ais-environmental-costs-are-soaring-and-mostly-secret-crawford-other-items-re-ai-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/02\/27\/generative-ais-environmental-costs-are-soaring-and-mostly-secret-crawford-other-items-re-ai-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"“Generative AI\u2019s environmental costs are soaring \u2014 and mostly secret” [Crawford] + other items re: AI in general"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generative AI\u2019s environmental costs are soaring \u2014 and mostly secret <\/strong><\/a> — from nature.com by Kate Crawfold
\nFirst-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there\u2019s a long way to go.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last month, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman finally admitted what researchers have been saying for years \u2014 that the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is heading for an energy crisis. It\u2019s an unusual admission. At the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Altman warned that the next wave of generative AI systems will consume vastly more power than expected, and that energy systems will struggle to cope. \u201cThere\u2019s no way to get there without a breakthrough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad he said it. I\u2019ve seen consistent downplaying and denial about the AI industry\u2019s environmental costs since I started publishing about them in 2018. Altman\u2019s admission has got researchers, regulators and industry titans talking about the environmental impact of generative AI.<\/p>\n

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Get ready for the age of sovereign AI | Jensen Huang interview<\/a><\/strong>— from venturebeat.com by Dean Takahashi<\/p>\n

Yesterday,\u00a0Nvidia\u00a0reported\u00a0$22.1 billion in revenue\u00a0for its fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal 2024 (ending January 31, 2024), easily topping Wall Street\u2019s expectations. The revenues grew 265% from a year ago, thanks to the explosive growth of generative AI.
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\nHe also repeated a notion about \u201csovereign AI.\u201d This means that countries are protecting the data of their users and companies are protecting data of employees through \u201csovereign AI,\u201d where the large-language models are contained within the borders of the country or the company for safety purposes.<\/p>\n

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??BREAKING: Adobe has created a new 50-person AI research org called CAVA (Co-Creation for Audio, Video, & Animation).<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but wonder if OpenAI\u2019s Sora has been a wake up call for Adobe to formalize and accelerate their video and multimodal creation efforts?<\/p>\n

While\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/wI3pBlfTtq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu) February 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n