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Adverse Environmental and Public Health Effects of Artificial Intelligence: A Narrative Review

2026-01-27

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The rapid global expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative models, drives energy-intensive data centers with substantial environmental and public health costs. This narrative review synthesizes information obtained from the scientific literature confirming contributions of AI to greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater depletion, e-waste, and air pollution from fossil-powered grids. Public hea...

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Literature Corpus work: 29efe20b-8523-5f6d-9127-627fcb67dccc
DOI: 10.32388/x3o2n6.3

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