Kasper Saugmann
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Tech journalist and entrepreneur. Words in @borsendk @frihedsbrevet @weekendavisen @videnskabdk, and more. Former co-founder @denuafhaengige (acq)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined May 2008
A prompt to Gemini now uses 0.24 watt-hours, which reportedly corresponds to watching TV for less than nine seconds. When factoring in that it typically takes more than nine seconds to write a prompt, wait for the answer, read it, and prompt again, it could actually result in a
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It may surprise some that emissions aren’t higher, but this is partly due to massive improvements in energy efficiency. For example, in August, Google announced it had reduced emissions per prompt by a factor of 44, while increasing quality.
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It's unclear exactly how many people are currently using AI, but according to the latest figures, ChatGPT has around 900 million weekly users, while Google Gemini reportedly had 650 million in November.
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According to the Global Carbon Budget, global CO2 emissions in 2025 will sum up to 38.1 billion tons. This means that AI will account for between 0.08% and 0.21% of emissions.
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The other day, The Guardian reported that AI in 2025 was responsible for the same CO2 emissions as New York City. The claim is based on figures from a new scientific article in the journal Patterns, where AI is estimated to emit between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of CO2, while
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More than 10% of the world's population uses AI, yet the climate impact remains minimal. 🧵
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In just one week, more than 16 million people have watched the documentary “The Thinking Game” about Google’s AI division DeepMind. It offers a fascinating look at the history of one of the most important players in the AI race, filmed over multiple years. From the
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Ja, det sagde han altså, og det vil jo ikke være så godt, så læs lige med.
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“The biggest mistake governments can make is to underestimate the possibility that AI capabilities will continue to advance” - Yoshua Bengio, the world’s most-cited AI researcher, at the AI in Science Summit 2025
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RIP Jørgen Leth. Havde fornøjelsen af at interviewe ham et par gange, og særligt den ene gang gjorde indtryk. Det var efter corona-udgaven af Tour de France 2020, og Jørgen Leth havde kommenteret et par etaper hjemmefra på sin facebook-profil, men jeg spurgte, om han var frisk
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Vild historie fra New York Times om en mislukket undercover-operation i Nordkorea. https://t.co/JxcYdNutSd
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Hvad nu hvis der var en rutsjebane rundt om Københavns Rådhus. Kommunalvalget nærmer sig, og man kan tilsyneladende foreslå hvad som helst, så her et lille bud fra mig. Med Tivoli som nabo synes det jo oplagt. (Tak til Googles nye AI-billedværktøj Nano Banana)
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En robot, der kan bære 250 kg. Det kunne vel godt gå hen og blive en game changer på byggepladser og andre steder?
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Kan prøves her: https://t.co/QUSIC3fzgn
Our new native image generation and editing is state-of-the-art, and ranked #1 in the world. And we're rolling it out for free to everyone today. You’ve got the tools. Now go bananas. Ideas & inspiration in the 🧵below.
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Vanvittigt hvad man kan med Googles nye AI-billedemodel. Gav den ét billede (det første), og prøvede så et par forsøg. 2) He is in a helicopter 3) He is cooking in a kitchen that’s underwater with floating ingredients. 4) He is riding a dragon over an erupting volcano
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Hvad synes folk er det bedste interviewprogram (radio/podcast) derude for tiden?
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