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Database topicUses

Code and agents

Code suggestions, generated functions, agents that work alone in a browser or a repository.

The lowest, excluding specialised tasksCode suggestion0.031gCO2eper suggestion, servers worldwide× 17Reference useGenerate a function0.54gCO2eper function× 570The heaviestCoding agent hour310gCO2eper hour

Emissions of one use, 7 uses

3 blocks of values, from the lightest to the heaviest. Each block has its own graduation or key; the heaviest of a block is redrawn as a dotted line at the head of the next block.

From 0.00092 gCO2e to 0.031 gCO2e2 uses

0.0005 gCO2e

  1. Specialised task0.00092 gCO2e
  2. Code suggestion0.031 gCO2e

From 0.11 gCO2e to 0.59 gCO2e3 uses

  1. Code suggestionthe heaviest of the previous block0.031 gCO2e
  1. Automated workflow0.11 gCO2e
  2. Generate a function0.54 gCO2e
  3. Have code reviewed0.59 gCO2e

From 5.3 gCO2e to 310 gCO2e2 uses

  1. Have code reviewedthe heaviest of the previous block0.59 gCO2e

5 gCO2e

  1. Browser agent5.3 gCO2e
  2. "Generate a function" fits 570 timesCoding agent hour310 gCO2e
One graduation or key per block of values. Default settings of each entry, over the life cycle. Servers worldwide. Calculation of the AI Impact Database of Projet Celsius.

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18 entries, each with its entry page: composition, assumptions and sources. With no named source, the value is a calculation of the database.

Uses

Code4

Let an AI act3

Occupations and activities

Development and data2

Personal use, subscriptions and licences1

Projects delegated to AI7

Organisations

AI services of an organisation1

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Database topicVoicePrevious topicThe 4 entriesDatabase topicText and conversationNext topicThe 26 entriesDatabase topicSearchThe 6 entries

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The reference chartsFrom the pollution of each AI to the electricity used by data centres, each with its data and sources.See the chartsWorld mapsCarbon intensity of electricity, low-carbon share, water stress, country by country.Explore the mapsThe calculation toolsEstimate the footprint of your uses, compare the country of the servers, browse the orders of magnitude.Open the tools

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