Sec. 4. Study on environmental impacts of artificial intelligence
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Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall carry out, and submit to Congress and make publicly available a report describing the results of, a comprehensive study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence. The study required under subsection
(a)shall include an examination of— the energy consumption and pollution associated with the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence models, including the design, development, deployment, and use of those artificial intelligence models; the energy consumption and pollution associated with the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence hardware, including the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, and electronic waste associated with that hardware; the energy and water consumption for the cooling of the data centers used in the design, development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence models; how choices made during the design, development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence models, including the efficiency of the artificial intelligence models used, the location, power source, and design of data centers used, and the type of hardware used, impact the resulting environmental impacts; potential environmental impacts that could be acute at local scales, which may include added power loads that create grid stress, water withdrawals that create water stress, or local noise impacts; the positive environmental impacts associated with applications of artificial intelligence, which may include optimizing systems for energy efficiency, developing renewable energy, advancing planetary systems research, enabling discovery of new materials, and automatically monitoring environmental changes; the negative environmental impacts associated with applications of artificial intelligence, which may include rebound effects, behavioral impacts, and accelerating high-pollution activities; disparate impacts in the negative environmental impacts of artificial intelligence; other environmental impacts, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the results of the updated data center study carried out under section 453(e)(2) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17112(e)(2) ). In conducting the study required under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall solicit and consider public comments.
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