G7 to prioritize developing more electricity for AI, says Canadian PM
(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that developing more electricity to power artificial intelligence (AI) will be a key priority of the G7 this year, as Canada assumes the presidency of the multinational body.
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, February 25, 2024. (Photo: PAP/VNA) |
Trudeau told the roundtable, which included Canadian and French officials plus representatives from tech companies like Amazon, Dell and IBM, held ahead of the AI Action Summit opened on Monday in Paris.
Trudeau said that the increased power generation shouldn’t come at the expense of addressing climate change, pushing nuclear energy as a priority.
But he insisted the need to find ways to reduce the energy demand of AI because the technology notably requires a significant amount of electricity for necessary computing power.