The reality is that AI's massive environmental footprint has been one of the biggest climate and energy stories of the past year. The International Energy Agency estimates that generating one ChatGPT response consumes the power equivalent to that of about ten Google searches.
The voracious electricity consumption of artificial intelligence is driving an expansion of fossil fuel use, including delaying the retirement of some coal-fired plants. Major companies like Google are even missing important climate goals due to their AI efforts.
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