Researchers develop 'AI-enhanced' solution to major problem with common waste: 'Offers a promising route'

Researchers develop 'AI-enhanced' solution to major problem with common waste: 'Offers a promising route'

When artificial intelligence and the environment are mentioned in the same news story, the implications are often negative. After all, the massive data centers that power AI models consume enormous quantities of electricity and water, all of which comes at an environmental and economic cost.  However, scientists in the Netherlands have been exploring ways to use AI in environmentally beneficial ways. Specifically, they have been using AI to figu…