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Carbon Neutral Regulation in AI Training

  • Amid all the noise around the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, it can be easy to lose sight of the negotiations and the core legal process at the summit. This process often fades into the background, hidden from sight in closed-door negotiating rooms and late-night sessions, where diplomats – and then ministers – hash out their disagreements. […]

  • A 3D concrete printing hub opened at United Utilities’ Wigan Wastewater Treatment Works in June 2024. Leaders of a pioneering project to develop 3D printed infrastructure and components for the water sector will be sharing insights from five years of research. The Water Industry Printfrastructure project has been led by United Utilities in partnership with […]

  • Two leading sorting solutions providers, REDWAVE and TOMRA, have announced a strategic agreement aimed at providing customers with a seamless supply of sorting systems based on XRF (x-ray fluorescence) and XRT (x-ray transmission) technology. This new arrangement will make it easier and more efficient for customers to access top-tier sorting technologies from one turnkey supplier. […]

  • The relentless march of computational power has long relied on our ability to make electronic components smaller and more efficient. At the heart of this progress lies the humble transistor – the fundamental building block of modern electronics. However, as our digital world expands and artificial intelligence applications become more demanding, we’re approaching a critical […]

  • The landscape that my ancestors thrived on was once a sprawling prairie that provided plenty and allowed for more than just human convenience, but life and health for all creatures and non-living relatives. Throughout generations, we’ve carried the impact of colonization on our backs and see the many changes that have already been made through […]

  • “Okay class, let’s discuss the geological formation at Minnehaha Falls.” This is how I would begin a typical lesson in my environmental science course at the University of Minnesota. The students and I would walk down the winding stairs to reach the waterfall. I would point out the different species of plants and have the […]

  • This year is now virtually certain to beat 2023 as the hottest year on record, Carbon Brief analysis shows. It will also be the first full year to surpass 1.5C above pre-industrial levels across the majority of observational records. In this latest “state of the climate” quarterly update, Carbon Brief finds: The year 2024 has […]

  • Around 500 scientists, civil servants, journalists and climate experts took part in the 10th annual Carbon Brief quiz on Wednesday 6 November 2024. This year’s quiz was hosted by Octopus Energy at its headquarters in central London. In total, 55 teams participated – 30 teams in person and 25 teams joining via Zoom. Competing teams […]

  • The Republican candidate Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th US president, beating his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in a “historic comeback”.  In response, climate scientists, researchers and experts have expressed concern about his election’s impact on efforts to tackle climate change.  During his first term in 2017-2021, Trump – a climate sceptic – […]

  • Dhiren Bhatia is the Co-Founder & CEO of Inventive AI,  an AI-powered RFP and questionnaire response management platform. RFP stands for Request for Proposal, a formal document issued by organizations to invite vendors or service providers to submit proposals for specific projects or services. The RFP outlines the project requirements, objectives, and evaluation criteria, allowing […]

  • The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we work, learn, and connect, transforming industries around the globe. This shift is primarily driven by AI’s advanced ability to learn from larger datasets. While bigger models boost AI’s data processing power, they also require more processing power and energy efficiency. As AI models become […]

  • By studying changes in gene expression, researchers learn how cells function at a molecular level, which could help them understand the development of certain diseases. But a human has about 20,000 genes that can affect each other in complex ways, so even knowing which groups of genes to target is an enormously complicated problem. Also, […]

  • In today’s world, as businesses face increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices, the role of artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring has become paramount. Leveraging AI-powered tools for tracking greenhouse gas emissions, managing resources, and assessing environmental risks allows companies to make data-driven decisions that minimize their ecological footprint. By providing real-time insights into factors like […]

  • Sunset background. Free public domain CC0 photo. Introduction It was forty-three degrees Celsius or 109.4 Fahrenheit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on a hot April day and the tin homes of the community members in the informal settlement of Khorail were steadily accumulating heat.  Arpitha Kodiveri was there with a group of other climate lawyers trying to […]

  • This blog post was authored by 2024 Sabin Center Summer Intern, Arpana Giritharan, with input and supervision from Johanna Lovecchio, Director of Program Design for Climate Action and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Climate School, and Romany Webb, Deputy Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. ‘Coastal blue carbon’ refers to the carbon captured […]

  • Microsoft Research introduced AutoGen in September 2023 as an open-source Python framework for building AI agents capable of complex, multi-agent collaboration. AutoGen has already gained traction among researchers, developers, and organizations, with over 290 contributors on GitHub and nearly 900,000 downloads as of May 2024. Building on this success, Microsoft unveiled AutoGen Studio, a low-code […]

  • Birago Jones is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pienso, a no-code/low-code platform for enterprises to train and deploy AI models without the need for advanced data science or programming skills. Today, Birago’s customers include the US government and Sky, the largest broadcaster in the UK. Pienso is based on Birago’s research from the Massachusetts Institute […]

  • The UN nature summit COP16 recently concluded in Cali, Colombia, with key decisions on Indigenous representation and the use of genetic resources overshadowed by the abrupt end to the proceedings.  The summit was both the largest-ever and the longest-ever, running over its scheduled end time by more than 14 hours.  As a result of the […]