Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT and Google Gemini have gained significant attention recently. With their rising popularity comes increased demand for energy-intensive data centres. Beyond the direct energy consumed for training and deploying the generative AI model, much is still unknown about generative AI’s climate impact. Pippa Amanta spoke to Carbon Brief, one of the UK’s leading climate newsletters, about the climate impact of generative AI, published on 19 July 2024.