If AI gets more efficient, why does electricity demand grow?
Energy per task and total electricity demand answer different questions. Read the IEA’s 2026 outlook through a small model of efficiency, use and the boundaries around a number.
Current affairs & society
Go beyond the headline. Explore what the numbers mean, why things change and what remains uncertain.
2 articles to choose from
Separate reported evidence, future projections and editorial interpretation. Each article states when its sources were checked.
Choose a question and follow it into the article and its sources.
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Energy per task and total electricity demand answer different questions. Read the IEA’s 2026 outlook through a small model of efficiency, use and the boundaries around a number.
Content Credentials can record how an image was made. Verifying that record and verifying an event are different jobs. Four fictional cases make the boundary visible.
A PATH INTO ANOTHER WORLD
These related questions lead beyond this room’s catalogue.
Before judging information, follow how it arrives. Recovering damaged data and checking whether its content is true are different questions.
What choices shape the way a figure or an image looks? Compare two maps and ask what each representation preserves.
How have systems that move information and energy changed daily life? Transport and communication history offer a wider perspective on change.