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Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI(jacobin.com)

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brlemworld@lemmy.world
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I would point out that Google has been “carbon neutral” with it’s data centers for quite some time, unlike others who still rape the environment ahem AWS.

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chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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Carbon offsets? Yes indeed. The easiest, most useless way to reach carbon neutral.

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carbon neutral is when you don’t emit it in the first place, not by paying someone else to promise to make up for it later.

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