Have you ever noticed a creeping increase in your monthly electricity bill? It can be challenging to pin down the cause, because there are a number of devices (some of which you wouldn't expect), that ...

It’s not easy to calculate the watts and joules that go into a single Balenciaga pope. But we’re not completely in the dark about the true energy cost of AI. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, ...

Data centers accounted for about 1.5 percent of global electricity consumption in 2024, an amount expected to double by 2030 because of AI use The electricity consumption of data centres is projected ...

Image generation with the use of artificial intelligence has become commonplace online, with plenty of buzz surrounding the matter. Folks have debated the ethics of such technology and how it goes ...

Modern-day smart televisions may be leagues ahead of the boxy rabbit-eared contraptions of yesteryear, but even the best smart TVs out there still require electricity to operate. But with all of their ...

Thanking your AI chatbot when it provides a response to a query may not require much energy on its own, but the cost of your interactions will add up over time—and a new tool from Hugging Face can ...