AP interviews Ippolito on the environmental impact of AI
The Associated Press interviewed Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, on how the increasing usage of AI is impacting the environment and highlighted his new app on the environmental footprint of different digital tasks. Ippolito said tech companies are constantly working to make chips and data centers more efficient, but that does not mean AI’s environmental impact will shrink. This story has been shared in nearly 200 news outlets across the globe, including U.S. News and World Report, Bloomberg and ABC News.