Big tech’s lofty climate goals wrecked by energy-hungry AI

Net-zero pledges of Google and Amazon slip out of reach, and struggling Meta makes frantic moves

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US tech editor, writing to you after a rodeo in rural Texas, where I celebrated Independence Day. Today in tech, we’re discussing how tech giants’ investments in AI are hindering their pledges of climate neutrality, Meta’s frantic search for new lines of business, and Americans’ anger at tech’s political influence.