Sustainability assessment using multimodal artificial intelligence agents (opens in new tab)  ♻️Sustainability

Reducing the growing environmental impact of the computing industry requires assessing the emissions of electronics at scale. However, a traditional life-cycle assessment (LCA) of an electronic device, which maps materials and processes to environmental impacts, often requires proprietary or unavailable data. Here we report a multimodal multi-agent artificial intelligence system that emulates the collaborative process between LCA professionals and stakeholders (such as product managers and en...