Pollution Industry Using AI to Make the Case for More Pollution
GLOBAL, JUL 3 – By 2027, AI data centers will consume up to 6.6 billion cubic meters of water annually, intensifying resource strain amid global water scarcity, experts warn.
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Pollution Industry Using AI to Make the Case for More Pollution
In 2025, people are finding all kinds of uses for artificial intelligence. Look no further than the world's chief contributors to pollution, for whom the buzzy new tech offers bold new possibilities to spew corporate propaganda. Louis Anthony "Tony" Cox Jr is a petrochemical industry mouthpiece and former Trump advisor who's now hard at work developing a large language model (LLM) program to censor tree-hugger "propaganda" from epidemiological r…
Progress at Any Cost? The False Promises of AI
In the wake of ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, artificial intelligence quickly became a global obsession—and a corporate gold rush. But behind the promises of productivity, convenience, and innovation lies a far more sobering reality: AI is accelerating energy consumption, fueling inequality, and embedding mass surveillance deeper into the foundations of society.This article is the first in a four-part series adapted from the Bioneers 2025 panel…
How thirsty AI can be? Researchers have analyzed the water consumption of artificial intelligence – with frightening results. The article When AI becomes thirsty – Water needs of the digital future first appeared on ingenieur.de - Job Market and News Portal for Engineers.
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