arXiv Machine Learning

Wasted large language models: A life cycle thinking approach

arXiv:2608. 17055v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are machine learning (ML) models that have an increasingly large carbon footprint through their development and use.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 8

Life Cycle Assessment of Pre-training the Lucie 7B Open-Source Large Language Model on the Jean Zay Supercomputer

arXiv:2607. 05408v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The environmental impact of training large language models (LLMs) is increasingly scrutinised, yet most published estimates focus on operational energy and disclose little about manufacturing (embodied) emissions, water consumption, or the underlying highperformance computing (HPC) infrastructure.

By Marc L\'eobet, Pierre-Fran\c{c}ois Lavall\'ee, Jean-Pierre Lorr\'e
arXiv AI
Jun 11

The Environmental Cost of LLMs in AIED: Reporting and Practices

arXiv:2606. 11215v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) usage in recent years has become increasingly widespread in the Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) community.

By Sabrina C. Eimler, Lukas Erle, Daniel Flood, Aditi Haiman, Luca H\"ackert, Andr\'e Helgert, Lachlan McGinness, B\"usra Yapici
arXiv AI
Jun 11

Sustainability assessment using multimodal AI agents

arXiv:2507. 17012v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reducing the rapidly growing environmental impact of the computing industry requires assessing the emissions of electronics at scale.

By Zhihan Zhang, Alexander Metzger, Yuxuan Mei, Felix H\"ahnlein, Zachary Englhardt, Tingyu Cheng, Gregory D. Abowd, Shwetak Patel, Adriana Schulz, Vikram Iyer
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 25

LCAi: Life Cycle Assessment with big data fusion and retrieval-augmented generation-assisted interpretation

The interpretation phase of life cycle assessment often lacks structured mechanisms for translating quantified improvement opportunities addressing environmental hotspots into actionable strategic pathways under technological, social, and policy uncertainty. To overcome this limitation, this study introduces a perspective-conditioned retrieval-augmented generation framework for LCA interpretation, where a multi-perspective retrieval and controlled synthesis is incorporated in the artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted LCA.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Geospatial Foundation Models to Enable Progress on Sustainable Development Goals

arXiv:2505. 24528v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Foundation Models (FMs) are large-scale, pre-trained artificial intelligence (AI) systems that have revolutionized natural language processing and computer vision, and are now advancing geospatial analysis and Earth Observation (EO).

By Pedram Ghamisi, Weikang Yu, Xiaokang Zhang, Aldino Rizaldy, Jian Wang, Chufeng Zhou, Richard Gloaguen, Gustau Camps-Valls
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 25

LLM Evolution as an Industry-Scale Ecosystem: A Lifecycle Perspective on Continual Learning

arXiv:2606. 24901v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning capability is critical for Industrial LLMs, as deployed models must be continuously updated to meet evolving requirements and environments, rather than repeatedly retrained from scratch.

By Hao Jiang, Enneng Yang, Guojie Zhu, Yibin Chen, Yunkun Xu, Zifu Kou, Jiayi Li, Chong Chen, Zhao Cao, Li Shen