This talk at Green IO 2025 is really important. It demonstrates that the energy consumption of #genAI tools is much higher (1000x for small queries) than an estimate based on the input or output tokens.
This is because the tool does not simply send your prompt to the model. It adds a system prompt which is very large, and based on key words in the input, system prompt and generated output, invokes other LLM-based tools. (1/2)
Another week, another CAT newsletter - issue 278 today!
It's a newsletter about climate and tech, primarily written for the #climateActionTech (CAT) community, but it's freely available for anyone interested, and we sink a fair amount of time into curating the content.
https://buttondown.com/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-278-2025-07-27/
Another week, another newsletter - issue 198 today!
(Almost) every week I work with Sandra, another member of CAT to compile a newsletter about climate and tech as part of the #climateActionTech (CAT) community.
It's primarily written for the community, but it's freely available for anyone interested, and I sink a fair amount of time into curating the content:
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-198-2023-12-03/
CAT is a supportive, actively managed community - you can join at the link below:
Most weekends, me and a fellow CAT member Sandra compile a newsletter of news stories, podcasts, jobs, and so on about the intersection of climate and tech.
It's mainly aimed as a thing for members of CAT, but we've found people outside the community find it useful too, so if you know someone this might be of interest to, the newsletter is linked below.
Enjoy!
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-191-2023-10-08-5097/
Another week, another newsletter - issue 178 today!
(Almost) every week, me and Sandra, another member of the #climateActionTech (CAT) community compile a newsletter of stuff related to climate and tech.
It's primarily written for the community, but it's freely available for anyone interested.
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-177-2023-76-02/
If any of this interests you, CAT is a supportive, actively managed community - you can join at the link below:
Another week, another newsletter - issue 177 today!
(Almost) every week I compile a newsletter of stuff related to climate and tech as part of the #climateActionTech (CAT) community.
It's primarily written for the community, but it's freely available for anyone interested, and I sink a fair amount of time into curating the content.
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-177-2023-76-02/
If any of this interests you, CAT is a supportive, actively managed community - you can join at the link below:
Another week, another newsletter - issue 176 today!
(Almost) every week I compile a newsletter of stuff related to climate and tech as part of the #climateActionTech (CAT) community.
It's primarily written for the community, but it's freely available for anyone interested, and I sink a fair amount of time into curating the content.
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-176-2023-06-25
If any of this interests you, CAT is a supportive, actively managed community - you can join at the link below:
climateaction.tech/
Another week, another newsletter - issue 175 today!
(Almost) every week I compile a newsletter of stuff related to climate and tech as part of the #climateActionTech (CAT) community.
It's primarily written for the community, but it's freely available for anyone interested, and I sink a fair amount of time into curating the content.
https://buttondown.email/climateActionTech/archive/cat-newsletter-174-2023-06-11/
If any of this interests you, CAT is a supportive, actively managed community - you can join at the link below:
Oh sweet, my other #FOSDEM talk is online now.
Getting to a fossil free internet by 2030: A tour of the tech and policy changes to get us there
If you've ever thought about tech and sustainability, in 25mins, I've tried to share a model to help navigate this confusing space, point to some cool open projects, and give an overview of the policy and regulatory drivers at play influencing it.
Downloadable slides and the rest are in the link:
https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/energy_fossil_free_internet/
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