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.
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OPEC claims oil phaseout is a “fantasy” and that there is no peak oil
OPEC claimed in its annual World Oil Outlook (WOO) that there was “no peak oil on the horizon” and that phasing out oil was a “fantasy”.
Record high carbon dioxide levels, temperatures – and emissions are expected to rise sharply after the pandemic
The climate crisis remained relentless in 2020 and continued seemingly unabashed by the economic effects of the pandemic.