arXiv:2606. 10861v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: LLM-powered chatbots are increasingly embedded in everyday workflows, raising sustainability concerns due to their energy use.
By Nitish Patkar, Pooja Rani, Jack Gl\"asser, Simon L\"uscher, Martin Kropp
arXiv:2607. 25726v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recommender systems mediate everyday consumption, offering a promising channel for encouraging sustainable choices.
By Haya Halimeh, Dietmar Jannach, Oliver M\"uller
arXiv:2608. 12350v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The energy demand growth and environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) have generated substantial interest in supplying sufficient low-cost electricity for AI-driven data center development.
By Diego Manya, Ethan I. Thorpe, Ji Zhang, Myranda Shirk, Jiamian He, Angel Hsu, Michael P. Vandenbergh
arXiv:2607. 24341v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent studies use Large language models (LLMs) to simulate human opinions and decisions by prompting models with demographic, attitudinal, or persona-based descriptions.
By Weijie Xia, Stefanie Horian, Hanyue Huang, Queena K. Qian, Jie Yang, Pedro P. Vergara Barrios
arXiv:2607. 17437v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents offer a generative approach to simulating human behavior under conditions that may have few or no direct historical analogues, a common challenge in disaster and infrastructure-disruption planning.
By Chen Xia, Zexi Kuang, Yuqing Hu
arXiv:2509. 05364v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Residential buildings contribute significantly to energy use, health outcomes, and carbon emissions.
By Abdollah Baghaei Daemei
arXiv:2608. 12582v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI journaling tools can tailor prompts to a person's own sensed behavior, but it is unclear which behaviors respond to them.
By Nadia Mehjabin, Henry Kautz, Subigya Nepal
arXiv:2606. 18258v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) exhibit a wide range of human-like behaviors, from expressing thoughts and emotions, to engaging in relationship-building with users, to refusing requests and maintaining boundaries.
By Sunnie S. Y. Kim, Margit Bowler, Leon A Gatys
arXiv:2603. 23433v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: AI agents are becoming active decision-makers on the Internet.
By Giulio Frey, Kawin Ethayarajh
arXiv:2608. 08691v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Residential virtual power plants (VPPs) can provide grid flexibility by shifting household demand, but physical flexibility becomes dependable capacity only when residents authorize a plan and the promised response is delivered.
By Xudong Wu, Zeqing Wu, Jiarui Zhang, Xuhao Fan, Ziang Ding, Yuming Zhuang, Mingqi Yuan, Yilun Du, Hongjie Jia, Yunfei Mu, Jiayu Chen
arXiv:2607. 10720v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The accelerating shift toward low-carbon power systems, together with the widespread adoption of behind-the-meter technologies such as rooftop solar and electric vehicles, is placing new operational and analytical demands on electricity grids.
By Mohannad Takrouri, Nicolas M. Cuadrado A., Martin Tak\'a\v{c}
arXiv:2607. 03176v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Understanding how households consume electricity in response to socioeconomic and climatic drivers is important for decision-makers designing energy policies in a changing climate and under geopolitical tensions.
By Enrico Cofler, Carlos Rodriguez-Pardo, Matteo Giuliani, Andrea Castelletti, Massimo Tavoni