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“The sleep of reason produces monsters.” Francisco Goya, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. A person asleep at a desk with the phrase “el sueño de la razón produce monstruos,” or “the sleep of reason produces monsters” written on the side and monsters in the background.

Generative AI’s Other Environmental Problem

October 14, 2025 by Liza Williams Artificial Intelligence Technology

An overreliance on generative AI may threaten our collective potential to meaningfully address environmental problems by potentially slowing scientific progress and innovation, reducing the efficacy of our collaboration, and weakening support for environmental protection.

Panel of 4th Amendment experts including Professors Paul Ohm (Georgetown Law), Alyse Bertenthal (Wake Forest Law), and Andrew Ferguson (George Washington University Law). Photo by: Laurie DeWitt/Pure Light Images

Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

September 16, 2025 by Soniya Nahata International Regulations Sustainability

The report covers key thoughts, discussions, and findings from the 2025 Georgetown AI and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Symposium in pursuit of unpacking the technical and legal nexus between AI and environmental compliance and enforcement.