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Protesters gathered at OpenAI's DevDay to oppose power concentration in the AI industry, lack of regulation, and specific issues like ICE contracts and environmental impact, chanting slogans and distributing flyers.
The CLEER dashboard estimates the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of closed AI models using a new approach that combines research, empirical testing, and production data. It provides comparisons across models in chat and agentic sessions.
Goodman Group has withdrawn its controversial $1.2 billion Project Mars data centre in Sydney due to community opposition and evolving regulatory environment, highlighting the challenges in developing AI infrastructure.
The author reflects on anticipated conversations with ethics-based skeptics of AI use in the workplace, exploring arguments about environmental impact, training data, and personal responsibility.
The Verge article critiques Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's comments on AI and climate change, where he likens AI's potential environmental impact to necessary pain for long-term gain, drawing comparisons to supervillain logic.
American Supercritical, a startup, has secured $8 million in funding to deploy supercritical CO2 technology to retrofit inefficient gas turbines in data centers, aiming to boost power efficiency and reduce emissions without additional carbon pollution.
The largest wildlife overpass in North America has reduced wildlife collisions by 91%, highlighting its success in improving road safety for animals.
A new report warns that electronic waste from AI data centers has been vastly underestimated and could reach hundreds of millions of metric tons by 2050, highlighting significant environmental and health risks.
The article argues that AI, while useful, is harmful to individuals, organizations, and society due to environmental, intellectual, and human costs, and calls for resistance until these harms are addressed.
The author strongly criticizes generative AI, highlighting ethical, environmental, and economic flaws, and objects to its use in the Playdate developer community.
SpaceXAI's Colossus data center is fueling backlash due to its reliance on gas turbines for power, causing noise pollution and legal disputes, amidst broader concerns about AI data centers' energy consumption.
A non-profit AI developer expresses guilt and fear due to societal backlash against AI, despite using it responsibly to assist program staff and adhering to strict guidelines against job replacement.
The article criticizes the space industry for treating the moon as a dumping ground after a SpaceX rocket debris created a crater, highlighting issues of space stewardship versus colonial-like ownership.
Extreme drought in Europe is leading to desertification and threatening ecosystems and industries, with fish farming suffering severe economic losses due to water shortages and high temperatures.
This tweet debunks common misconceptions about data centers by providing facts to counter misinformation on topics like water usage, electricity costs, job creation, noise, and tax benefits.
The article explores the growing water consumption by AI data centers, its environmental implications, and potential solutions through technology and strategic siting.
WIRED is hosting a livestream AMA on September 10 where experts will discuss the backlash against data centers, focusing on their role in the AI industry and implications for politics, business, and the environment.
Timnit Gebru criticizes the dominant AI paradigm of building monolithic 'machine gods' and advocates for smaller, specialized, community-owned AI tools that are efficient, ethical, and context-specific.
The U.S. EPA plans to remove public input requirements for minor air pollution permits, a move opposed by 14 states and three cities, which could suppress community pushback on data center construction and affect AI infrastructure development.
Researchers use open-source AI software to detect bomb fishing explosions in Indonesia's coral reefs, estimating over 8,000 blasts annually and highlighting the severe environmental damage.