The way in which AI systems and services are currently designed, built and used places ‘demands on resources such as energy, water and critical materials, which can create new environmental harms or exacerbate existing harms’, said a report. — AFP Relaxnews
Governments need to start acting over the environmental risks, including potential water shortages, posed by the development of artificial intelligence, a UK body advising on engineering policy warned on Feb 7.
The National Engineering Policy Centre – comprising 42 institutions headed by the Royal Academy of Engineering – highlighted potential fallout from data centres relying heavily on energy, water and critical materials like silicon.
