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- Artificial Intelligence: Generative AIs Environmental and Human . . .
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize entire industries In the nearer term, it may dramatically increase productivity and transform daily tasks in many sectors However, both its benefits and risks, including its environmental and human effects, are unknown or unclear
- The Real Environmental Footprint of Generative AI: What 2025 Data Tell Us
In the October 2025 OLC Snap Survey, participants raised an increasingly common question: What are the ethical implications of Generative AI (GenAI)’s environmental impact? As both a regular user of these tools and a researcher who cares deeply about sustainability, I wanted to understand what the evidence actually shows The conversation has spread so quickly […]
- Inside AIs Environmental Crisis And The CEOs Fighting Back
The decisions tech leaders make in the next 18 months will determine whether AI becomes humanity's greatest tool or biggest environmental disaster The window is closing
- Growing use of AI brings an environmental impact | AP News
Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, said tech companies are constantly working to make chips and data centers more efficient, but that does not mean AI’s environmental impact will shrink That’s because of a problem called the Jevons Paradox
- AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do . . . - UNEP
Advances like those are fostering hope that AI could help the world tackle at least some aspects of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste So how is AI problematic for the environment?
- Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
In a two-part series, MIT News explores the environmental implications of generative AI In this article, we look at why this technology is so resource-intensive A second piece will investigate what experts are doing to reduce genAI’s carbon footprint and other impacts
- Green AI: Hype or Hope? - Harvard Magazine
More than 1 28 million people would have been exposed to increased PM2 5 pollution, with public health costs estimated at more than $625 million over 10 years
- ‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of . . .
By redirecting AI infrastructure to these regions, the researchers argue, the U S could sharply reduce the environmental impact of the industry without a major slowdown in its growth
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