Lifewire
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18th April 2023
AI Contributes to Climate Change—Here's How to Make It Cleaner Technology
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage, but producing so much information has an environmental cost.
A recent report by Stanford University researchers finds that just training the model behind the AI chatbot ChatGPT released emissions equivalent to those of 9 cars. While the exact amount of AI's environmental impact has yet to be measured, experts say the consequences are severe.
"We need to continue improving both hardware and software," tech advisor Vaclav Vincalek told Lif