UN chief Guterres calls on AI companies to disclose environmental impact and adopt clean energy
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on AI companies to disclose their environmental impact, including carbon pollution, water usage, and land use. Speaking at London Climate Action Week, he proposed the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative to push for measurement and disclosure of the ecological footprint of AI data centers, which have faced criticism for their growing resource demands.
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· 3 pulledUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations.
Guterres proposed the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, arguing AI companies should measure and disclose the impact of their increasingly in-demand technology
impact which has been cited by opponents as reasons to curb the rapid growth of data centers
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