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A growing number of Americans now view artificial intelligence as a significant environmental threat, marking a shift in public perception over the past year. New polling by the Associated Press-NORC Center and the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute highlights rising worries about AI’s energy consumption and carbon footprint. The findings suggest that concerns over technology’s ecological impact are gaining traction alongside broader debates about its societal role. The survey underscores how quickly public attitudes can evolve in response to emerging research on AI’s environmental costs.

Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.