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Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

We must avoid inequalities between the global north and global south being perpetuated in the digital age

Although the trends can be hard to perceive, we are making incredible progress on global poverty, health, longevity and climate change

The tech giant will buy 3GW of US hydropower in deal to fuel AI and data center growth across eastern states

Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s

Facebook and Instagram parent’s deal follows other big tech companies signing agreements with power companies

A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future

The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat to the climate was ‘overstated’

Study finds wealthy have larger carbon footprints but are uniquely positioned to have positive effects

He is surrounded by people who have grandiose plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga project

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system

Forecast for rising global electricity use likely to stoke fears of rising costs and stalled efforts to fight climate crisis

Dr Tom McClelland on the consequences of AI consciousness, Michael Webb on protecting creative industries, and Prof Virginia Dignum and Prof Wendy Hall on the need for a global regulatory framework

Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment

Prime minister vows to ‘push past nimbyism’ and calls on tech firms to help build small modular reactors to power AI datacentres