Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact

In a two-part series, MIT News explores the environmental implications of generative AI. In this article, we look at why this technology is so resource-intensive. A second piece will investigate what experts are doing to reduce genAI’s carbon footprint and other impacts.

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MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications (Credits: iStock; edited by MIT News).
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