UN Chief Presses AI Companies To Reveal Environmental Impact

UN Calls on AI Companies to Disclose Environmental Costs of Data Centres

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has called on major artificial intelligence companies to publicly disclose the environmental impact of their operations, warning that the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure could place enormous pressure on global energy and water resources. Speaking during the London Climate Action Week event, Guterres launched the UN’s AI Environmental Transparency [] The post UN Calls on AI Companies to Disclose Environmental Costs of Data Centres appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

U.N. chief tells AI companies to 'come clean' about environmental impact

U.N. chief tells AI companies to 'come clean' about environmental impact

UN urges AI firms to come clean on their environmental costs

The United Nations wants artificial-intelligence companies to stop treating the environmental bill as somebody else’s problem. In a call amplified this week by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the organisation is pressing the firms behind the AI boom to disclose the carbon, water, and land their systems consume, and to switch their data centres and supply chains [] This story continues at The Next Web

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations. While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week on Tuesday, Guterres proposed the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, urging AI companies to measure []