The Week in Green Software (or TWiGS) is back with a new format! This time host Chris Adams is joined by Anne Currie and Asim Hussain to talk about news about AI and the environment (with a particular focus on Chat GPT and Bing), the environmental impact of the cloud, the Corporate Sustainable Software Market report, and some exciting opportunities to explore, learn, and contribute to green software. 


Learn more about our people:

• Chris Adams: LinkedIn / GitHub / Website
• Anne Currie: LinkedIn / Website 
• Asim Hussain: LinkedIn / Twitter

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• The Green Software Foundation Website 
• Sign up to the Green Software Foundation Newsletter

Events:

• LF seeking speakers for upcoming Energy Summit / Linux Foundation June 2023 ⋅ Seeking Speakers until Feb 17

News:

• AI can help address climate change—as long as it doesn’t exacerbate it / Fast Company 
• Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” / Simon Willison
• The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret / Wired
• Why we can no longer afford to overlook the environmental impact of the cloud / Computer Weekly
• Corporate Sustainable Software Market report explores industry size, share, growth & forecast 2028 / WhaTech
• Sustainability for Development and Operations with DevSusOps / InfoQ
• How a Hackathon Is Slowly Saving The World / Will Buchanan
• CO2.js: An Open Library for Digital Carbon Reporting / ClimateAction.tech

Books:

• Bulls*** Jobs by David Graeber

Previous Episodes Mentioned:

• How does AI and ML Impact Climate Change? / Environment Variables

Ongoing Opportunities to Scale Green Software:

• Submit Call for Papers / GSF Speakers Bureau 
• Green Software Foundation Software Carbon Intensity Specification

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