Digital Ethics

The energy and water consumption of Google and Microsoft, the main developers of generative AI, as well as their carbon emissions, have skyrocketed for the second consecutive year

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AI certainly isn't the only sector to use tons of water, but it's wasting it in a way that's especially disruptive to fresh water supplies.

India's data centre industry is booming, driven by significant investments from companies like Adani Enterprises. However, this growth raises concerns about the substantial water consumption needed for cooling in water-scarce cities. Operators are adopting alternative cooling technologies like air-cooled chillers to reduce water use. Despite these efforts, India lacks a national policy on data centre water usage. Experts call for sustainable practices to balance industry growth with water conservation.

Another great paper by Jonas Schuett, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) of AI, and co-authors has tackled a critical…

Putting prices on water, the control of prime agricultural land & a revitalized interest in nuclear power may all converge when it comes to developing new AI data centers.

Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.

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Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen an incredible surge in investment, development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. According to one estimate, the amount ...

Frustrated Facebook and Instagram users are heading to small claims court in a last-ditch attempt to get help from Meta.

Artificial intelligence (AI) depends on data centers and their cooling infrastructure, but operators are already struggling to keep up with demand. Find out more about this challenge and potential solutions.

The scrutiny of data centers has intensified because of tech company secrecy, energy consumption and societal impacts on customers, policymakers and communities.

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In 2027, virtual assistants like Sarah seamlessly handle our daily tasks, making life appear effortless. But behind this technological marvel lies a hidden r...

‘Consent’ is one of those areas of data protection that causes a lot of confusion - largely because the same word is used in other areas of law, but with…

Some data centers need as much energy as a small city, turning companies that promised a clean energy future into some of the most insatiable guzzlers of power

Planned facility would indirectly contribute 224,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum without any mitigation measures

Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

EU regulators want to restrict the use of Facebook and Instagram data to train Meta's AI products.

This article critically assesses the accuracy and desirability of using terms like “collaboration” to describe interactions between humans and AI systems. This article concludes that we cannot collab...

Machine learning to support human language interactions has been unsuccessful when measured by its complex setup and lack of accuracy in…

Kids "easily traceable" from photos used to train AI models, advocates warn.

Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

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Slow Internet is a vision of a more leisurely and inspiring virtual life. Three design principles offer a roadmap to reclaim the lost promise of the Internet.

As people tinker and experiment with it, we’re gaining a clearer understanding of its limitations in creative fields.

The pursuit of building intelligent, superhuman machines is nothing new. One Jewish folktale from the early 1900s describes the creation of a golem, an inanimate humanoid, imbued with life by Rabbi…

Australian man charged for creating fake Wi-Fi hotspots on flights to steal personal data. Learn how to protect yourself from 'evil twin' Wi-Fi attack

Googles utsläpp av växthusgaser ökar med den datakraft som krävs för företagets utveckling av artificiell intelligens. Det visar företagets egen årliga miljörapport enligt AFP.