AI driven productivity gains enable more planet heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a study has found. Researchers modelled the technical potential for AI to boost clean power generation along with projections for how it can help produce coal, oil and gas. Across 64 scenarios, they found net yearly carbon pollution rose by 0.47 1.8 gigatonnes, or about 1 5% of the energy sectors annual emissions. The study is the first to quantify the climate impact of AI...
