Internet Contributes 1.6 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Annually; Google and Microsoft’s AI Search War Will Make It Worse

  • The internet contributes 1.6 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
  • Google and Microsoft’s AI search war will make it worse.
  • An expert told Wired that AI-powered search engines require at least 4 times more computing systems than regular search.

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