The internet contributes 1.6 billion annual tons in greenhouse gas emissions. Google and Microsoft's AI search war will make it worse.

One expert told Wired that AI-powered search engines would require at least 4 times more computing systems to power than regular search.
Ever since the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI paved the way for a future where AI powers search engine results, an all-out race has ensued between Bing and Google to implement the technolog… [+2861 chars] Read More