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Los Angeles Times: Is there a Greener AI option?

On this week's episode of Boiling Point, postdoctoral researcher Cassie Buhler discusses the benefits (particularly for energy efficiency and privacy) of open weight AI models.
October 15, 2026
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AI Can Move Beyond Data Centers

In a new commentary in Nature Schmidt DSE faculty & researchers posit that open source AI models, which tend to be far more energy efficient than their commercial counterparts and run for free, offer an outside-the-box approach to meeting demands for use.
August 11, 2026