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Leeds AI Week is an annual week of panels, a workshop and a hackathon at the University of Leeds, run by the Leeds Artificial Intelligence Society. Each day takes one field and one question, and brings in the people who work in it. Season 2 runs from 19 to 25 October 2026. All events are free and open to everyone. You will receive a certificate if you attend 4 or more events. Follow this calendar to hear when new events open.

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AI and the Environment: What is the environmental impact of AI?

Name: AI and the Environment: What is the environmental impact of AI?
Start: 2026-10-22T18:00:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-10-22T19:00:00.000+01:00
Location: Helix, E C Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

Leeds AI Week

Helix, E C Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

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Every AI prompt draws electricity, uses water to cool servers and wears down hardware. Across billions of users, that adds up to one of the fastest-growing sources of energy demand in the world. Drawing on the latest published research, this seminar looks at how AI affects the environment and why, and where things stand as the UK builds more data centres. It then turns to what we can hope for: where AI is helping climate and environmental work, and whether running AI locally could be part of the answer.

A 40-minute talk on the environmental impact of AI, followed by 20 minutes on the hopes for AI and local AI, including a live demo of what an AI model running on a laptop can do. No technical background needed.

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Also this week at Leeds AI Week

Mon 19: AI in Business luma.com/xj6c1fjt

Tue 20: AI in Education luma.com/s07n1fie

Wed 21: AI in Tech luma.com/40ac0taa

Thu 22: AI and the Environment luma.com/tats60r3

Fri 23: AI in Engineering Workshop (details soon)

Sat 24 to Sun 25: AI in Healthcare Hackathon (details soon)

You will receive a certificate if you attend 4 or more events.

See the full week: luma.com/leedsaiweek

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