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Mistral reports on the environmental impact of LLMs

Kydlaw

created: July 22, 2025, 7:09 p.m. | updated: July 23, 2025, 12:34 a.m.

At Mistral AI, we believe that we share a collective responsibility with each actor of the value chain to address and mitigate the environmental impacts of our innovations. In this context, we have conducted a first-of-its-kind comprehensive study to quantify the environmental impacts of our LLMs. This report aims to provide a clear analysis of the environmental footprint of AI, contributing to set a new standard for our industry. A path toward a global environmental standard for AIThese results point to two levers to reduce the environmental impact of LLMs. First, to improve transparency and comparability, AI companies ought to publish the environmental impacts of their models using standardized, internationally recognized frameworks.

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