The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation
In a preprint study, researchers estimate training the model behind ChatGPT would have required somewhere between 210,000 and 700,000 litres of water.
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In a preprint study, researchers estimate training the model behind ChatGPT would have required somewhere between 210,000 and 700,000 litres of water.
Experts including ChatGPT head Sam Altman suggest AI may pose a risk of "extinction." Altman's OpenAI is among the U.S. tech companies keeping an eye on possible European Union regulation.
Companies that want to avoid the harms of AI, such as bias or privacy violations, lack clear-cut guidelines on how to act responsibly. That makes internal management and decision-making critical.
As a society, everyone is motivated to regulate AI development. For individual companies, though, the opposite is true.
Transparency and accountability must be a priority to prevent discrimination.