Models can use up to 15 times more energy to process, generate text in widely spoken languages, often with lower-quality output Rada Mihalcea, Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the U-M AI Lab, stands next to Naihao Deng, a doctoral student in computer science and engineering. Image credit: Brenda Ahearn, University of Michigan Engineering. Key takeaways: Gen AI uses 1.4 to 180 times more energy to produce text outside the English language....