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AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights: Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

By: CIFAR
25 Sep, 2023
September 25, 2023
Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

Advice for government, regulators and developers on how to minimize environmental impacts across the full life cycle of large language models

This CIFAR AI Insights Policy Brief outlines basic steps for policymakers on how to measure and address the environmental impacts of large language models at every stage, from the manufacturing of GPUs used for their training to their deployment in products and services.

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  • Sasha Luccioni Climate Lead, Hugging Face

Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

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For more information, contact:
Gagan Gill
Program Manager, AI & Society, CIFAR

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