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11x less emissions than GPT-3

Creating Sustainable AI

Salesforce · CRM

Some best practices were implemented :

  • Optimize models by focusing on domain-specific models
  • Use efficient hardware
  • Choose low-carbon data centers
  • Implement sustainable prompt engineering techniques
  • Usage tracking and rate limits

Key figures

  • Pre-training Salesforce’s AI models resulted in 48 tCO2e, 11 times less than the emissions of GPT-3

Beyond the numbers

  • Energy conservation
  • Increased efficiency
  • Enhanced security

Source: Climate Product Leaders