James O'Donnell
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Covering AI for MIT Tech Review. Work has appeared in The Washington Post, FRONTLINE PBS, ProPublica and elsewhere. Also on X. Subscribe to my newsletter The Algorithm!
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Right now this is hard to measure because of the lack of open source models that do music and speech. But as soon as we can measure it, I'll be jumping on it
May 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Right now this is hard to measure because of the lack of open source models that do music and speech. But as soon as we can measure it, I'll be jumping on it
try this! ter.li/ODonnell
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
ter.li
May 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
try this! ter.li/ODonnell
right - there's a demo in the story, but I haven't found an independent evaluation judging its accuracy in real settings. As I identify where it's being used I'll report what I find.
May 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
right - there's a demo in the story, but I haven't found an independent evaluation judging its accuracy in real settings. As I identify where it's being used I'll report what I find.