A new study suggests that artificial intelligence systems are causing massive carbon emissions, and the situation is getting worse.
A new research paper warns that the extra demand for energy to run and train complex models is having a serious impact on the environment.
As systems get better, they require more computing power and more energy to run. For example, OpenAI’s current GPT-4 uses 12 times more energy than its previous model.
Training systems is a small process. In fact, running AI tools requires 960 times more energy than the training process.
According to the researchers, the effects of these emissions could be widespread. AI-related emissions could potentially cost the industry more than $10 billion a year, and they have called on governments to come up with measures to measure these emissions, as well as new measures to limit them. Regulations should be ensured.