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Entries by Luis Felipe Olivares Pfeifer

Environmental Impact of Large Language Models: Green or Polluting?

Large language models have low per-use emissions but high training and hardware production costs. Though each interaction is energy-efficient, large-scale usage and upstream impacts raise environmental concerns. Sustainable AI requires lifecycle assessments, transparency, and cleaner energy sources. Introduction In recent years, large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, and Gemini have seen explosive […]