Amazon, Microsoft and Google are promising to cut their carbon emissions -- while building ties to the oil and gas industry.
Some experts say AI and cloud services could actually play a role in curbing emissions.
If anything, he said, an oil company’s shift to another company’s cloud platform may have some environmental benefits because it is more efficient than running its digital operations on its own servers. Driving down costs could also help open the door to investments in other, less polluting methods for generating energy.
“Microsoft makes millions of dollars in profits by helping fossil fuel companies extract more oil,” the statement said.
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