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Using AI tools to generate text, images or video consumes “orders of magnitude” more energy than traditional computing, The Guardian reports, citing a study in Nature Communications.
Why it mattersThe finding appears in a guide to reducing digital clutter, alongside a reminder that online activity also carries an environmental cost. It is a broad comparison, not a breakdown of energy use by tool or task, so the phrase leaves plenty of room for useful specifics.
Discuss: Should AI services have to disclose the energy cost of common tasks, or would standard comparisons be too misleading to help users?
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