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| PC World - 17 May (PC World)Technology giant Microsoft recently released its sustainability report for the 2023 financial year, and it didn’t exactly have positive numbers. Microsoft set a climate goal in 2020 to become carbon negative by 2030, sequestering more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits, but the company seems to be on the wrong track to achieve this goal. Microsoft’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 30 percent in the 2023 financial year — and it’s all Copilot’s fault.
The big culprit is the company’s huge AI investments. It takes huge amounts of energy to train and use AI models. The International Energy Agency expects energy consumption for data centers worldwide to increase from 460 TWh in 2022 to between 620 and 1,050 TWh by 2026, due to AI and cryptocurrency use. For context, Sweden’s total energy consumption in 2022 was approximately 508 TWh.
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that the previous climate goals are now much harder to reach, precisely because of AI.
“In 2020, we unveiled our ambitious carbon target. That was before the explosion in artificial intelligence. In many ways, we are now five times further away from reaching them than we were in 2020, if you just think about our own forecast for the expansion of AI and its electricity needs,” Smith said.
Further reading: Copilot Pro: What can Microsoft 365’s premium AI do?
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| | | Sydney Morning Herald - 16 May (Sydney Morning Herald)A push to expel Israel from international football has opened a new schism in Australia, which plans to abstain from the vote despite the urging of former Socceroo Craig Foster. Read...Newslink ©2024 to Sydney Morning Herald | |
| | | RadioNZ - 16 May (RadioNZ)The 38-storey Vero Centre in Auckland looks set to be sold to an unnamed company for $458 million. Read...Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ | |
| | | ITBrief - 16 May (ITBrief)Deel and Carta unveil a pioneering partnership to streamline global equity management, simplifying complex tax compliance and easing stock option exercises for international employees. Read...Newslink ©2024 to ITBrief | |
| | | Stuff.co.nz - 15 May (Stuff.co.nz)Kajun Brooking is bringing the laughs at this year’s New Zealand Comedy Festival with his solo show Illumingati. Read...Newslink ©2024 to Stuff.co.nz | |
| | | RadioNZ - 15 May (RadioNZ)They stand by New Zealand`s 2050 carbon reduction targets, but are open to adding international aviation and shipping emissions. Read...Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ | |
| | | ITBrief - 15 May (ITBrief)On International Day of AI, Udemy launches GenAI features to boost career growth, with 55% of tech pros seeing GenAI as crucial, per a BCG study. Read...Newslink ©2024 to ITBrief | |
| | | BBCWorld - 15 May (BBCWorld)Amnesty International urges Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to speak out about the need for `urgent` human rights reform in Saudi Arabia. Read...Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld | |
| | | BBCWorld - 14 May (BBCWorld)England international Billy Vunipola is to leave Saracens after 11 years at the club. Read...Newslink ©2024 to BBCWorld | |
| | | RadioNZ - 14 May (RadioNZ)International demand for pruned logs from NZ is the highest seen by a forest manager with 30 years experience. Read...Newslink ©2024 to RadioNZ | |
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