Microsoft's AI development hindering its climate goals

[Daniel Puchert]

Microsoft's AI push hindering its climate goals
When Microsoft pledged four years ago to remove more carbon than it emits by the end of the decade, it was one of the most ambitious and comprehensive plans to tackle climate change.

Now the software giant's relentless push to be the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is putting that goal in peril.

 

[maeztro]

Killing the planet to give us a stupid calculator? Remember, nothing is free.

https://chaos.co.za/openai-cognition

 

[Insint]

Oh, no. Money is more important than global warming.

Cows, bad.
Bug, good.

Eat bugs, kill cows.

So silly...

 

[konfab]

Doesn't need to be the case. Just have nuclear powered data centers.

 

[adrianx]

Bill Gates believes he has earned himself a lot of "carbon credits", why don't Microsoft buy some from Uncle Bill?