Feed: All Latest | What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable by Molly Taft

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Sasha Luccioni, an AI‑sustainability researcher formerly at Hugging Face, argues that building AI responsibly requires far better emissions data and clearer insight into how users actually consume AI services. In an interview with WIRED, she explains that companies are feeling mounting pressure—from employees, boards and regulators—to quantify the carbon footprint of the models they deploy, know the locations and energy sources of the data centres they rely on, and choose more efficient or renewable‑powered alternatives. To address this gap, Luccioni co‑founded Sustainable AI Group, which aims to help firms map the levers that can reduce AI’s environmental impact and to develop tools such as leaderboards that rank open‑source models by energy efficiency. She calls for simple, user‑facing disclosures—like an energy‑use meter on ChatGPT or Claude—and suggests that a major provider championing renewable‑powered infrastructure could gain a competitive edge. Luccioni also notes that while the U.S. government is rolling back environmental protections, Europe’s AI Act and increasing transparency efforts worldwide are driving the industry toward more rigorous reporting of AI‑related emissions.

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/what-it-will-take-to-make-ai-sustainable/

#SashaLuccioni #HuggingFace #SustainableAI #ChatGPT #science_environment #BorisGamazaychikov

Feed: All Latest | A Chevron Texas Power Plant Seeks School District Tax Break by Molly Taft

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Chevron’s subsidiary Energy Forge One has applied to the Texas Comptroller for a JETI‑program tax abatement that could save the oil giant more than $227 million over ten years for a new gas‑fired power plant in West Texas. The plant will not feed the public grid but will deliver “behind‑the‑meter” electricity directly to a data center that may be leased by Microsoft, with whom Chevron has an exclusivity agreement but no finalized contract. The project, which promises over 25 permanent jobs, would emit roughly 11.5 million tons of CO₂ annually—more than the country of Jamaica—raising environmental concerns as lawmakers begin scrutinizing the growing wave of data‑center incentives that have already cost Texas and other states billions in lost revenue. Critics argue that Texas’s revised JETI program still offers relatively low oversight, and bipartisan leaders are urging tighter safeguards to ensure taxpayers benefit from such large‑scale, privately funded infrastructure.

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/chevron-wants-school-district-tax-break-data-center-power-plant-texas/

#Chevron #EnergyForge #TexasComptroller #JETIprogram #Microsoft #Wired #DanPatrick #Texas #JaneFlegal #science #science_environment #texastwostep