A.I. Helps Reduce Food Waste and Emissions, But Has Large Carbon Footprint
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A.I. is being used to analyze food waste from restaurants and grocery stores in order to reduce the amount that gets thrown away
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Companies like Winnow have cameras in trash bins to see what food is getting wasted the most
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Other companies like Afresh analyze supermarket data to see mismatches between food supply and demand
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Reducing food waste is important because decaying food in landfills releases greenhouse gases
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However, A.I. itself has a large carbon footprint from the energy needed to crunch massive amounts of data