OpenAI Urges US Government to Fund 100GW of New Energy Per Year to Beat China

“… China is outstripping America in constructing new capacity, adding 429 GW in 2024 compared with just 51 GW achieved by the land of the free. …”

Nuclear Fusion: Big AI’s Fig Leaf to Cover their Fossil Fuel Energy Splurge?

Don’t pay attention to all the fossil fuel, that’s just a stepping stone to our glorious AI enabled green energy future.

Green Attacks on Energy Guzzling Artificial Intelligence Ramp Up

Greens have noticed AI is incompatible with their beloved renewable transition. And they don’t like it one bit.

Aussie AI Industry Demands Subsidies for Unspecified Reasons

… The tech industry has been pushing the government to … subsidise AI processing power through multi-billion dollar deals …

UNFCCC Chief Wants Artificial Intelligence AND the Paris Agreement

“… To succeed in a fast-changing world, we must enhance the force-multipliers. …”

CCA: Artificial Intelligence is a Challenge to Climate Goals

Greens have reached the bargaining stage of their grief for the demise of their movement.

Big Advertising Joins Banks and Asset Managers in Ditching Sustainability

“… sustainability staff have either been made redundant or left and not been replaced …”

US Interior Secretary: “We gotta win the AI arms race”

“The real existential threat right now is not a degree of climate change. It’s the fact that we could lose the arms race if we don’t have enough power.”

Can PR Rehabilitate Big Tech’s Dirty AI Carbon Splurge?

Will anyone still believe big tech claims they care about the environment?

Desperate Greens Look to Apple for Climate Leadership

“… If Cook were to publish an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal pointing out that climate has become a business risk … it would change the corporate game. …”

Chinese Media: AI Investment Should be Diverted to Climate Action

“… Trillions of dollars of bubble-inflating equity investment continue to pour into tech stocks while critical areas … such as climate change alleviation continue to go underfunded. …”

I was Wrong – Green Europe is Building at Least One US Scale AI

A 230MW AI campus to be powered by Norwegian Hydro has been announced – but competition for electricity and rising prices are already causing political unrest.

Climate Activists Outraged at President Trump’s AI Push

Are greens market testing a pivot from climate activism to anti-AI activism?

How the Trump AI Action Plan will Wreck Green Energy

“… ensures an uninterrupted and affordable supply of power …” – just not possible with renewables.

Learning With The Dumbest Genius Librarian

I wrote about using perplexity.ai before. Since then, I came across a fascinating way to use any AI for research into any topic. Want to learn about something fast? Here’s…

Scientific American: AI is Power Hungry, but it Could Cut Emissions

The researchers claim “behavioural change” as a field where AI can help.

Delusional Business Council of Australia Thinks AI can be Powered by Renewables

“… we must seize the opportunity …”

Virginia: The Front Line between AI and Climate Action

Virginia, the data center capital of the world, could become the next Silicon Valley if they play their cards right. But local green activists are determined the rein in the…

The Dumbest Genius Librarian

Guest Post by Willis EschenbachI have been using the AI “perplexity.ai” extensively lately both for scientific and general research. I think of it as the world’s dumbest, most unruly genius…

Microsoft: We Need AI Save the World with Nuclear Fusion

Big tech pushing back on accusations of being AI obsessed climate wreckers.