If artificial intelligence can truly run more efficiently, the power it needs might be less than experts assume.

Generative AI chatbots fail to adequately reflect fossil fuel companies’ complicity in the climate crisis, a Global Witness ...

For the last year, analysts have warned that the data centers needed for AI would drive up power demand and, by extension, ...

The researchers advocate for a dual approach - developing tools that not only detect misinformation but also educate users ...

Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of information.

Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, are attracting growing scrutiny for their voracious energy demands. However, energy consumption is only one part of their broader environmental ...

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