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Greenwashing and bothsidesism in AI chatbot answers about fossil fuels' role in climate change
Generative AI chatbots fail to adequately reflect fossil fuel companies’ complicity in the climate crisis, a Global Witness investigation has found.
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Top generative AI chatbots accused of greenwashing in energy claims
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and MetaAI are under fire for greenwashing. Discover the claims and implications for AI's role in climate change.
Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot
Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher
Climate change and AI dominate World Economic Forum
The U.N. chief ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world's thirst for fossil fuels is a "Frankenstein monster" that spares no one, while calling for greater attention to risks posed by artificial intelligence if its ascent goes ungoverned.
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Nonprofits are training AI chatbot ‘employees’ to take over tasks that cause burnout and stress
Using a platform called SkillBuilder.io, orgs can develop custom assistants that go through regular staff onboarding.
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Davos 2025: Trade, tariffs, AI and UN chief Guterres dominate WEF agenda
A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence, and appearances by leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos on Wednesday.
How Business Can Sow Climate Optimism and Drive Action
Today we know for a fact that our changes and investments will pay off—for people, for the planet, and for business.
Better digital literacy could help reduce climate and disaster conspiracy theories
Researchers in climate change communication and environmental sociology propose potential ways to tackle climate change misinformation online
Women are seen as ‘saviours’ or ‘victims’ in climate change debates: why this is a problem
Simple either/or ways of seeing women overlook the power dynamics and structural factors that give rise to the stereotypes.
ChatGPT Went Down—And The Internet Freaked Out
ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot, suffered an outage earlier today—and that sent social media into a whirlwind of worried action.
Meta seeks urgent fix to AI chatbot's confusion on name of US president
The inability of Meta's AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a person familiar with the issue said.
I put 3 local AI chatbots to the test on my phone — and I was shocked by how useful they are
The driver behind this move to mobile devices is the rise and rise of extremely capable open source AI models like Llama 3.2, which can now approach the performance of large models but in a much smaller footprint.