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Michelle Ma

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Michelle Ma

    As AI takes on complex tasks, its carbon footprint skyrockets (opens the original)

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    As artificial intelligence use shifts from simple, one-off queries to longer and more complex tasks, the added computing required results in a dramatically larger environmental footprint. The energy needed to build a web app using some models is equivalent to powering a home for 2½ hours. That’s according to the results of a new analysis from Vals AI, an independent AI benchmarking company that evaluates models on real-world tasks. The firm found that lengthier tasks that require AI models to “t

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