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A photonic chip to vastly reduce the energy demands of AI computations

A photonic chip to vastly reduce the energy demands of AI computations

by Susannah Hill | Dec 12, 2024 | Blog

Hi Watchers! For those who believe or hope that we will innovate our way out of the steep energy consumption of future GenAI data centers, here is good news from my alma mater MIT. A photonic chip invention uses light to run all types of neural network computations at...
Fantastic learning on the environmental impacts of GenAI

Fantastic learning on the environmental impacts of GenAI

by Susannah Hill | Nov 9, 2024 | Blog

Recently I attended the conference “AI and the Environment: Sustaining the Common Good” at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, and it was a fantastic gathering of prominent thinkers on the topic. I was star struck meeting Dr....

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