Generative AI’s Environmental Costs Are Soaring — and Mostly Secret

Focus: AI Ethics/Policy

Source: Nature

Readability: Intermediate

Type: Website Article

Open Source: Yes

External URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00478-x

Keywords: N/A

Learn Tags: AI and Machine Learning Government Ethics

Summary: US democrats introduced the Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024 that would address the environmental costs of AI technology, but there’s a lot more that needs to be done, regardless of whether the bill passes.