AI May Help Clean Energy, but Its Oil Gains Could Add 1.8 Billion Tonnes of CO₂

A global economic model estimates that AI-driven gains in fossil-fuel production could outweigh its benefits for renewable energy, adding 0.47 to 1.8 gigatonnes of annual CO₂. The result covers 64 modeled scenarios, not observed future emissions, and excludes possible clean-technology breakthroughs.