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UN Secretary-General says tech sector is not sustainable, urges AI companies to focus on renewables
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lambasted AI for being extremely energy-hungry and not sustainable, and has called on tech companies to power their data centres with 100% renewable energy by 2030.
Saying “please” and “thank you” to your AI assistant is wasting millions of dollars in electricity costs
The CEO of OpenAI estimated that the company has likely lost tens of millions of dollars due to users’ polite interactions with AI models. The significant power consumption required for AI interactions is straining electricity grids, and projections suggest that data centres could account for a considerable increase in electricity demand in the US and globally.