27.1 billion: Investors flowed in from April to June $27.1 billion According to PitchBook, investment in U.S.-based artificial intelligence startups exceeded $201.5 billion in 2015, nearly half of the total $56 billion raised by U.S. startups during the same period. Startup investments increased 57% year over year, with the AI industry playing a major role.
48: Google’s greenhouse gas emissions increase A whopping 48% Emissions have more than doubled since 2019 through 2020, driven in large part by investments in AI. In its annual environmental report, the tech giant attributed the increase in emissions to “increased data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions.” The company previously had a goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2030, but said this was “highly ambitious” given the current state of the industry. Many AI companies have struggled to meet voluntary emissions targets because of the massive energy required to train and run models.
9,000: The Brazilian government on Tuesday ordered Meta to stop using citizens’ data to train its AI models. The penalty? A fine of 50,000 reais (about $9,000). Citing Brazilians’ “fundamental rights,” the government gave Meta five days to amend its privacy policy and data processing.
75: Bipartisan agreement is hard to come by these days, but a recent survey of U.S. voters conducted by the AI Policy Institute found that: 75% of Democrats and 75% of Republicans He said he would prefer that AI development be slow and steady, rather than the U.S. rushing ahead to gain a strategic advantage over China and other foreign adversaries.
