Open zanetworker opened 1 month ago
Highlighting the importance of this topic, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act outlines a comprehensive approach to ensuring that AI systems developed or deployed in the EU adhere to environmental sustainability standards.
Here's a breakdown of these key articles for reference:
Article 4a(f): This article introduces the principle of developing and using AI systems in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. It underscores the need for AI technologies to be designed with environmental considerations at the forefront, promoting a green technology initiative across the EU.
Article 12(2a): This provision specifies that high-risk AI systems must have capabilities for logging energy consumption and for measuring or calculating resource use. Providers of these systems are also required to assess the environmental impact throughout the lifecycle of the system. This includes not just the operational phase but also the design, development, and decommissioning stages, ensuring a comprehensive overview of the environmental footprint of AI systems.
Article 28b(2)(d): For providers of foundational models, this article mandates adherence to standards that focus on reducing energy and resource use, improving energy efficiency, and enabling the measurement and logging of environmental impacts. The provision extends the responsibility of environmental stewardship across the entire lifecycle of the AI model, from inception through deployment, which significantly broadens the scope of environmental accountability in AI development.
Article 29a(g): This article requires that fundamental rights impact assessments for high-risk AI systems include measurements of reasonably foreseeable adverse impacts on the environment when the system is put into use. This addition ensures that environmental considerations are integrated into the broader framework of rights and impacts assessments, aligning AI system deployment with the EUβs environmental protection goals.
These articles collectively contribute to a regulatory framework that not only promotes environmentally sustainable practices in AI but also aligns these practices with the broader goals of fundamental rights protection and sustainable development within the EU. However the requirements are broad in nature and helping organisations to standardise their implementation approach on open source technologies including models now will also have regulatory importance.
Copied the doc over to the env sust drive: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tNfR5yxnqfu9fduEb3108oBGXQ6spyRzA6cBTs9zbnQ/ and will use this as a working copy.
Had our first meeting today, notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y0aCen7b0guvVAnqgPCb_lil71YvjhyZiXzyn1iC8qs/edit
Paper is now being edited here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tNfR5yxnqfu9fduEb3108oBGXQ6spyRzA6cBTs9zbnQ/edit
We would like to produce a reference architecture and best practices for sustainable AI with cloud native environments. This will factor in the AI/ML lifecycle.
cc @rootfs @terrytangyuan @caldeirav
Starting document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/154mBlTykdZPrR11TmvMjffv0-JZHDT82zN2blmg15Qk/edit
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