ScienceUN NewsCOP31: New initiative targets AI and reliable climate change information
A new global initiative launched at COP31 is pushing AI companies to be honest about climate information and disclose their energy and carbon use.
New guidance has been issued to ensure that people everywhere can obtain credible climate change information from artificial intelligence (AI) and understand how the technology impacts the environment.
A new set of global priorities on AI and climate information integrity was launched at the COP31 conference in Antalya, Türkiye, on Friday.
The UN-backed initiative warns that AI produces fluent text more easily than factual text, raising risks especially during climate disasters when misinformation spreads fast.
AI companies are being urged to disclose their energy use and carbon footprints, while governments are asked to weave information integrity into their climate and AI plans.
Germany has committed over $2.2 million to support this work, and the initiative calls on AI companies to publish their energy, carbon, water and land footprints.
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