New AI tools are changing how we tackle climate change, but they come with their own environmental costs. AI systems need substantial resources to operate effectively while helping solve environmental challenges. Helping the Planet Scientists are using AI to predict weather patterns better and spot early signs of climate disasters. A new system called NeuralGCM can forecast climate changes as accurately as older methods, but much faster once it’s set up. In nature conservation, researchers created a tool called INQUIRE that looks at photos people take of wildlife. “These images are potentially a hugely rich resource that remains largely untapped,” … Continue reading AI’s Growing Energy Demand: Data Centers to Triple Power Use by 2030