What Are AI's Emissions, Energy Use? What We Know About Claude, DeepSeek, OpenAI

Artificial intelligence chatbots consume vast amounts of power generated largely by fossil fuels, though the exact carbon dioxide emissions per prompt remain difficult to determine. Major US AI companies have not published detailed accounts of their energy or emissions performance. Additionally, AI emissions vary depending on the service used, geographic processing locations, and the specific semiconductor and cooling technologies deployed in data centers. Open article →