Artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to climate protection. At the same time, the technology consumes a huge amount of energy and resources. It is therefore important to drive sustainable development and use of the technology. Our nine principles for green AI help us to do so.
The principles provide guidance on how AI solutions can be developed and used in a more environmentally sustainable way. And they show how risks - such as an increasing carbon footprint - can be countered at an early stage. We not only want to make the development and use of AI within Telekom more sustainable. We also want to set an impulse for others: for companies and institutions as well as for politics and science. The aim is to calibrate AI for sustainability right from the start.
These guidelines are self-binding. They define how we as DT want to deal with AI and how we will develop our AI-based products and services in the future.