AI's Growing Energy Appetite Sounds Climate Change Alarm Bells

Training and running large AI models requires huge amounts of computing power and energy, with potential to cause major emissions.

Companies like Google and Nvidia are rapidly expanding production of powerful servers and GPUs to meet AI demand.

This could lead to AI's energy use rivaling that of entire countries, contributing significantly to climate change.

There are calls for transparency and responsible use of AI to limit environmental impact.

Smaller AI models are emerging that can match capabilities of large models with vastly lower energy needs.