ai climate claims fall short of reality

ai companies and researchers have made optimistic claims about their tech's potential to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. a study led by researchers at the london school of economics estimated that ai could help cut global emissions by 3.2 to 5.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2035. however an analysis of companies in the power meat and dairy and vehicles sectors found that few have integrated ai to achieve meaningful climate progress. for example in the power sector only one grid operator deployed a known meaningful working ai program.