Google’s carbon emissions rise 50% due to AI: report – DiarioBitcoin

It seems that the development of AI for Google This is leading to higher carbon emissions and an increase in electricity consumption, results that are incompatible with the goals the company set for 2030.

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• The development of the AI has increased carbon emissions Google
• These increased by 50% compared to what was seen in 2019
• These results translate into an annual increase of 13%.
• The AI It is demanding a lot of energy and technological resources from the developing companies.

A recently published report by Google reveals that its carbon emissions increased by almost 50% compared to those seen in 2019, due to the developments that the company is promoting in the field of artificial intelligence (IA).

Carbon consumption increases

This was reflected in its environmental report for 2024, where it revealed that its carbon emissions have been increasing by around 13% year after year.

The company attributed this increase to the energy consumption now demanded by data centers, which now provide support for products and services. AI as Gemini and many others.

Although the company has committed to achieving near-zero emissions by 2030, the data from recent years show the incompatibility of the current model with this goal. The fact is that the technologies AI They currently demand high electrical consumption, which CNBC projects that this will increase globally by 20% in the next six years.

As to Google and the AI, In mid-May, the company announced a significant update to its model Geminiknown as Gemini Advanced. This launch marks a milestone in artificial intelligence, with the introduction of the 1.5 model Pro, capable of processing up to 1 million tokens, equivalent to 1,500 pages.

It is worth noting that not only Google has reported an increase in its carbon emissions as Microsoft also revealed in May that theirs increased by almost 30% since 2020, mainly due to the construction of data centers.

The competition for AI

Gemini Advanced is the new improved version of the artificial intelligence model of Google. With the 1.5 Pro model, Gemini Advanced can handle a significantly larger amount of information than its predecessors. This capability enables more complex and detailed problem solving, which can save time and increase productivity in information exploration and analysis.

This product is Google’s bid to position itself in the sought-after field of AI. The first were those of OpenAI with its popularly known ChatGPT, which is in its 4th version, which represents a significant leap forward, as it will now have an assistant that can converse, recognize images and resolve more complex questions.

On the other hand we have the team of Manzana, whose model Apple Intelligence was unveiled weeks ago. Unlike other competitors that have focused on generating images or videos, this product will focus on more practical applications such as the creation of automatic summaries, response suggestions and a revamped Siri assistant that will offer more intuitive control over applications.

Article by Angel Di Matteo / Bitcoin Diary

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