Paper urges integrating environmental costs into health AI

A paper titled Green Artificial Intelligence in Health Applications argues that healthcare AI's energy and data-center water costs should rank alongside privacy, bias and fairness concerns. The IEA estimates data-center power use will double by 2030, equal to Japan's total electricity consumption.

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