Quantifying the Relationship Between Clinical Safety and Environmental Impact in Therapeutic LLMs
arXiv:2608.11830v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The deployment of large language models (LLMs) in mental health contexts raises questions about the relationship between clinical safety and environmental cost. In this paper, we examine this relationship by combining K-Bench clinical safety scores with EcoLogits life-cycle assessment estimates across 47 supported model configurations. We evaluate model performance and environmental impact across four dimensions: energy use, carbon emissions, water
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Published: 13 August 2026
Source: arXiv cs.CY
Category: Research
Topics: Healthcare · Environment
Retrieved: 13 August 2026
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