Greener AI: What Matters, What Helps, and What We Still Don't Know

Green Tech South West (50th event)

Co-presented with James Camilleri (Scott Logic) at Green Tech South West’s 50th event, “Greener AI and Embedding Sustainability in the Digital Enterprise”, which also featured Joanne Thurlow of Bristol Waste.

A talk on the environmental impact of large language models and AI systems, drawing on a wide-ranging literature review of academic and industry sources. It covered AI’s lifecycle emissions, from energy-intensive training to the often-overlooked impact of inference at scale, the frameworks and tools researchers use to measure AI’s footprint, and practical strategies for greener AI, along with the challenges the industry still faces.

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Ollie speaking into a microphone in front of a screen showing a slide, with James Camilleri standing beside him, at Scott Logic's Bristol office
With James Camilleri at Green Tech South West's 50th event. Green Tech South West