Apple's focus on edge AI is a win for privacy and perhaps UX but what will it mean for climate change? The power and water consumption of cloud computing is high but it is also concentrated in centers that can be targeted for clean generation. Unless the grid gets a lot cleaner globally AI might end up with a sprawling energy footprint that is hard to track and control.

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2023/12/apple-wants-ai-to-run-directly-on-its-hardware-instead-of-in-the-cloud/