AI RESEARCH
BIRDS: Characterizing and Understanding Biodiversity Impact of Large Language Model Serving
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2605.27480v1 Announce Type: cross Large language model (LLM) serving creates environmental impacts beyond carbon and water, including ecosystem damage through biodiversity-related pathways. We present BIRDS, a framework for Biodiversity Impact of Request-Driven LLM Serving. BIRDS defines request-level functional units, quantifies operational and embodied biodiversity impact, and