2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2 emissions and use of water, research finds

Study’s author says society not tech companies paying for environmental impact of AI and asks if this is fairThe AI boom has caused as much carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere in 2025 as emitted by the whole of New York City, it has been claimed.The global environmental impact of the rapidly spreading technology has been estimated in research published on Wednesday which also found that AI-related water use now exceeds the entirety of global bottled-water demand. Continue reading...