{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dc7cef46a2532cdd8d1c23/694070ae80257c9e35039cd1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Week in Green Software: Tokens, Antarctica and SCI for AI","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68dc7cef46a2532cdd8d1c23/1765829948702-efc27497-151c-476f-ad49-0512c3428eaf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This Week in Green Software, Chris Adams and Asim Hussain round up the latest stories shaping sustainable tech. From new research on AI and energy use to policy shifts, tooling updates, and signals from the wider climate and software communities, the discussion connects the dots on what matters right now and why. It’s a fast-moving snapshot of the trends, tensions, and progress driving green software forward.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about our people:</strong></p><ul><li>Chris Adams: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrchrisadams/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a> | <a href=\"https://github.com/mrchrisadams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub</a> | <a href=\"https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li><li>Asim Hussain: <a href=\"https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jawache\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more about the GSF:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://greensoftware.foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Software Foundation Website</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Sign up to the <a href=\"https://greensoftware.foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Green Software Foundation Newsletter</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>News:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://huggingface.co/blog/sasha/ai-energy-score-v2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AI Energy Score v2: Refreshed Leaderboard, now with Reasoning | Hugging Face</a> [05:57]</li><li><a href=\"https://antarctica.io/research/one-token-model\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Transformation, IT Cost Optimization &amp; Sustainable IT Solutions | Antarctica</a> [15:43]</li><li><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiml6fJqhdB82wdcHtOYMIdrSjN0Q4yWASsw8KINZYKMZqiA/viewform?usp=dialog\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scott’s Chamberlin of NeuralWatt’s survey link on charging for AI inference by the KWh, instead of by the token, to align incentives</a> [29:16]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.esgtoday.com/efrag-releases-simplified-european-sustainability-reporting-standards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards | ESG</a> [31:10]</li><li><a href=\"https://archive.is/mGLxc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Climate rift opens between Amazon and rivals in row over data centre power | Financial Times</a> [40:46]</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/sci-ai/blob/main/SPEC.md\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SCI for AI spec referencing token use | GSF</a> [14:35]</li><li><a href=\"https://github.com/Adora-Foundation/llm-energy-lab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Are these all the tokens we should be counting? Ismael Velasco’s talk at Green IO</a> [25:57]</li><li><a href=\"https://github.com/xai-org/grok-prompts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub: System Prompts for Grok chat assistant </a>[28:36]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' | NPR</a> [28:53]</li><li><a href=\"https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2025/12/it-looks-like-tech-firms-still-need-to-report-their-revenue-from-oil-and-gas-sector-even-after-reporting-standards-have-been-simplified/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wow tech firms STILL need to report their revenue from the oil and gas sector, even after reporting standards have been ‘simplified’? | Chris Adams</a> [31:19]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/an-eed-update-who-is-disclosing-and-who-isnt/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">An E.E.D. update: Who is disclosing and who isn't ? - Green Web Foundation</a>&nbsp; [34:43]</li><li><a href=\"http://somo.nl/the-secretive-cabal-of-us-polluters-that-is-rewriting-the-eus-human-rights-and-climate-law/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The secretive cabal of US polluters that is rewriting the EU’s human rights and climate law - SOMO</a> [37:27]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.efrag.org/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-12/November_2025_ESRS_E1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">[Draft] ESRS E1 - Climate Change</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoyed this episode then please either:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Follow, rate, and review on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/environment-variables/id1618265745\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Follow and rate on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/0C4N7dk5p461ugjeoZGLqz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a></li><li>Watch our videos on The Green Software Foundation <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0m2KL1yQzcCbmSj7AaAoA/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Channel!</a></li><li>Connect with us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gsfcommunity?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Github</a> and <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-software-foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a>!</li></ul>","author_name":"Green Software Foundation"}