The production of artificial intelligence technologies including Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s language model, GPT-4, has significantly increased water usage due to the need to cool powerful supercomputers. Microsoft’s global water consumption spiked 34% from 2021 to 2022, with the majority of the increase attributed to AI production. Google also reported a 20% growth in water use over the same period, primarily due to AI work. Both companies are reportedly working on improving the efficiency of their AI model training.
Nearly half of cyber leaders claim they’ve hidden a material cybersecurity incident from their board – IT Brew
Nearly half of cyber leaders claim they’ve hidden a material cybersecurity incident from their board IT Brew
