AI in a burning world: who pays the climate cost?

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Aug 6, 202633:47News & Politics

This episode of Think Change explores the growing environmental footprint of artificial intelligence – from rising energy demand and emissions to the vast quantities of water needed to power and cool the data centres beh...

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