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AI: A sustainability friend or environmental foe?

AI: A sustainability friend or environmental foe?

Update: 2024-07-02

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AI has been helping industries decarbonize for years by making their equipment more energy efficient and helping power grid operators incorporate more renewable energy sources. But, manufacturing, training and running the computers that power AI also produces a lot of carbon emissions. So, which is it? Is AI increasing or decreasing our industrial carbon footprint?

Episode page: https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/podcasts/ai-a-sustainability-friend-or-an-environmental-foe/

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AI: A sustainability friend or environmental foe?

AI: A sustainability friend or environmental foe?

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