The Guardian

Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions but others aren’t so convinced. The climate cost of this AI gold rush, driven by companies such as Google, Meta and OpenAI, is large and set to get larger, a recent Cornell University study found that by 2030, the current rate of AI growth in the US will add up to 44m tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, the equivalent of adding 10m gasoline cars to the road or the entire annual emissions of Norway.

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