#Meta, #Google and #Microsoft have all baked [generative AI] deep into their systems,” Joshi says. “I see this all as very much part of the tactic of trying to embed these systems into society and instil dependency in a fashion similar to the growth of single-use plastics in the 1970s.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/13/ai-datacentres-environmental-impacts

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