We produce an annual report that covers Google's overall environmental impact (of which Gemini models inference is a portion). See our 2025 report (covering 2024):
GENERATIVE AI
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xAI Backlash Over Art Style: Cultural Perspective from Japan
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I don’t get the backlash over this. Maybe I’ve been in Japan too long, so the art style seems tame compared to stuff you see in the convenience stores here. This seems like what I would have expected from xAI. https://
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Bad Model Good Context Outperforms Good Model Bad Context
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bad model + good context > good model + bad context The Big Labs don't want you to know this
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Prompts per kWh as a Performance Metric for Energy Efficiency
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Think of it as a performance measure, like queries per second, transactions per second or miles per gallon or something, and then prompts per kWh makes more sense, perhaps. The energy on the X axis is a constant unit of 1 kWh.
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Mirage 2 Revealed: Major Leap Forward in World Model Technology
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1/ Mirage 2 was revealed. Mirage 1 was released just a month ago!
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) 21 août 2025
The leap in quality is breathtaking.
"Where Mirage 1 revealed the raw potential of a GTA-style world model, Mirage 2 takes a giant step forward: a general-domain world model that empowers you to create, play,… pic.twitter.com/KsE7QmdDwx1/ Mirage 2 was revealed. Mirage 1 was released just a month ago! The leap in quality is breathtaking. "Where Mirage 1 revealed the raw potential of a GTA-style world model, Mirage 2 takes a giant step forward: a general-domain world model that empowers you to create, play,
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Protecting Children: GenAI Safety Against Online Exploitation
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How can technology be designed to protect rather than exploit?
— SAS Software (@SASsoftware) 21 août 2025
In this episode of Pondering AI, Dr. Rebecca Portnoff—VP of Data Science at @thorn shines a light on the growing threat of online child sexual abuse, how GenAI is expanding the risk and what it takes to build safety… pic.twitter.com/67kAA6ZDDMHow can technology be designed to protect rather than exploit? In this episode of Pondering AI, Dr. Rebecca Portnoff—VP of Data Science at @thorn shines a light on the growing threat of online child sexual abuse, how GenAI is expanding the risk and what it takes to build safety
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Cursor AI Reintroduces To-Do Lists for GPT-5
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By popular demand, the @cursor_ai team brought back to-do lists for GPT-5 after iterating to get them just right!
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DeepSeek V3.1: Game-Changer or Hype Analysis
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Is DeepSeek V3.1 a game-changer or mostly hype? Let’s break it down 👇
— Louis-François Bouchard 🎥🤖 (@Whats_AI) 21 août 2025
What’s new:
• Still a similar MoE transformer (671B params, 37B active) with 128K context
• Merges DeepSeek V3 + R1 → one hybrid model with thinking (reasoning) and non-thinking (direct) modes — like… pic.twitter.com/WKMPGwGlQMIs DeepSeek V3.1 a game-changer or mostly hype? Let’s break it down What’s new: • Still a similar MoE transformer (671B params, 37B active) with 128K context • Merges DeepSeek V3 + R1 → one hybrid model with thinking (reasoning) and non-thinking (direct) modes — like
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Audio-Driven Performance Model Demonstrates Impressive AI Capabilities
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amazing use of our audio-driven performance model! thanks for sharing
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Pilot Failures Report Impact on Market Movement Analysis
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I have no doubt pilot failures are high, but I think it is really hard to see how this report gives the kind of generalizable finding that would move markets.