Why it’s time to clean up AI’s carbon footprint

Generative AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to power it, and the problem is only going to get worse

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Technology never exists in a vacuum, and the rise of cryptocurrency in the last two or three years shows that. While plenty of people were making extraordinary amounts of money from investing in bitcoin and its competitors, there was consternation about the impact those …

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