Training and using artificial intelligence consumes energy and produces fossil fuel emissions and pollutants. AI has driven significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions from major technology ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...

Amid growing concerns about the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, Google says it has calculated the energy required for its Gemini AI service: Sending a single text prompt consumes as ...

The Games' need for a massive infrastructure project has historically hurt host cities' environments. Installing and using 5G technology could help minimize the Olympics' environmental impacts. This ...

AI can significantly boost business efficiency and client experience, but its environmental impact, especially in energy and water use, is substantial. The use of AI has a significant impact on the ...

ChatGPT has quickly become a fixture in many of our daily lives — whether that’s asking the generative AI chatbot for party-planning assistance, dating advice, therapy or Studio Ghibli-inspired art.

Microsoft researchers have published a paper in Nature that quantifies for the first time how much energy and water are consumed and greenhouse gas emissions are produced by four datacenter cooling ...