ChatGPT - friend or foe of sustainability?

Still early stages

ChatGPT, the AI language model developed by research organisation OpenAI, only launched in November 2022, but has rapidly piqued even ardent luddites' interest due to the scale of possibilities it presents.

But while the language model is undeniably popular, its development raises many questions as to what the social and ethical implications could be when it is adopted by businesses, while the climate change connotations of the chatbot are being debated. From a simplistic standpoint, it seems ChatGPT's core benefit is promoting productivity, and as Kwai San Wong, equity analyst at Sarasin & Partners, points out, improved efficiency is a positive for sustainability.  "ChatGPT can enhance human productivity. It is still early to say exactly what it will look like but there are already a nu...