The boom in AI has led to a boom in AI data centers. Several readers asked us to VERIFY how these hubs use water and electricity.
The use and prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology has ballooned over the past few years. This includes the growth of chatbots like ChatGPT and image generators like Midjourney.
As AI has become ubiquitous, people have raised concerns about the environmental impacts of the technology. One of the more common criticisms is that it requires more water and power than older technology.
Some people have drawn links between this resource use, climate change and the wildfires in Los Angeles. A viral post from Instagram that has since been reshared many times claimed that a single interaction with ChatGPT uses 10 times the amount of energy as a Google search.
Readers Olive and Dean also asked us to VERIFY the impact artificial intelligence has on water and …
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