If you care about the environment, think twice about using AI. Generative artificial intelligence uses 30 times more energy than a traditional search engine, warns researcher Sasha Luccioni, on a mission to raise awareness about the environmental impact of the hot new technology. Instead of simply extracting information, “like a search engine would do to find the capital of a country, for example,” AI programmes “generate new information,” making the whole thing “much more energy-intensive,” she explains. According to the International Energy Agency, the combined AI and the cryptocurrency sectors consumed nearly 460 terawatt hours of electricity in 2022—2 per cent of total global production.

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