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Carbon emissions could rise 10-fold over the next decade due to AI – big tech’s solution is to use more AI

Carbon emissions are skyrocketing due to rising generative AI demands, but a new report from Accenture found business leaders believe the technology will ultimately do more good than harm. By modeling the expected incremental use of AI hardware in data centers, Accenture predicted AI-related emissions will rise more than 10-fold by 2030. This is an output change of 68 to…