Al Gore says AI safety warnings outweigh data-center emissions concerns

Al Gore said the climate impact of AI data centers is serious but not the risk that should dominate public attention, arguing that warnings from inside the AI industry now deserve greater concern. In a September 16 interview, the former U.S. vice president and Generation Investment Management chair said AI infrastructure emissions should be judged against broader energy-system pressures, while frontier-model safety claims from leaders such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei should be taken at face value.