Publication, 13 March 2023
AI and the Challenge of Sustainability: The SustAIn Magazine’s new edition
In the second issue of our SustAIn Magazine, we show what prevents AI systems from being sustainable and how to find better solutions.
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Publication, 28 June 2022
New magazine on how sustainable AI can be put into practice
The environmental, social and economic sustainability costs of AI urgently need to be addressed by academia, industry, civil society and policy makers – based on evidence. With the first edition of our SustAIn magazine, we hope to fuel this debate.
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Position, 2 May 2022
A Milestone in the AI Act negotiations
On April 21st, the much-awaited IMCO-LIBE draft report on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), produced by the European Parliament lead negotiators Brando Benifei and Dragoș Tudorache, was finally disclosed – a major milestone in the AI Act negotiations. While we are preparing a detailed analysis in collaboration with our partners, we share below our first take on the draft report.
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Publication, 25 January 2022
Sustainability criteria for Artificial Intelligence – evaluation approach presented
The sustainability of AI systems is sometimes not in good shape. Among other things, AI systems are discussed for issues relating to discrimination, high energy and resource consumption, as well as the reproduction of social inequalities. In a new publication, the "SustAIn" project has presented comprehensive criteria for a systematic sustainability assessment of AI-based systems – eventually with the aim to promote more sustainable AI.
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About the project, 1 April 2021
SustAIn: The Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence
How sustainable is Artificial Intelligence? At this point in time, we are aware that a lot of energy is needed in the development and application of AI, that so-called click workers classify data sets for training AI systems under very poor working conditions and that these systems quite often reinforce existing patterns of discrimination. In view of an increasing number of AI systems in use, there is an urgent need to discuss how AI can be made more sustainable. This is where our project SustAIn comes in.
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Story, 17 June 2020
Can AI mitigate the climate crisis? Not really.
Several institutions claim that AI will contribute to solving the climate crisis, but evidence is scant. On the contrary, AI has a track record of helping emit more greenhouse gases.
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Story, 26 May 2020
Estonia: A city is automating homes to reduce energy consumption
The city of Tartu installed automated systems in old housing blocks. Using nudges, sensors and automated decision-making, it hopes to reduce energy consumption by two-thirds.
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