This is the AI balancing act: between its huge potential and growing emissions

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Apr 09 2023

The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is projected to post a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 38.1% and reach a value close to $1,600 billion by 2030 — a meteoric rise aided as much by big data as it is by software and hardware. According to Statista, the amount of data today’s digitised economy creates is growing annually by 40% and is expected to reach 163 trillion gigabytes by 2025, which will further fuel growth in AI…

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/04/balancing-ais-carbon-footprint-and-its-potential-for-transformative-positive-climate-impact/

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