Gaffney, OwenLuers, AmyCarrero-Martinez, FranklinOztekin-Gunaydin, BernaCreutzig, FelixDignum, VirginiaGalaz, VictorIshii, NaokoLarosa, FrancescaLeptin, MariaTakahashi, Ken2025-04-082025-04-082025-03-28Gaffney, O., Luers, A., Carrero-Martinez, F., Oztekin-Gunaydin, B., Creutzig, F., Dignum, V., … Takahashi Guevara, K. (2025). The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence.==$Nature Sustainability$==, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01536-6index-oti2018http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/5693At a time when the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions precipitously, artificial intelligence (AI) brings large opportunities and large risks. To address its uncertain environmental impact, we propose the ‘Earth alignment’ principle to guide AI development and deployment towards planetary stability.application/pdfenghttps://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cbDeveloping worldEnvironmental impactPolitical economy of energySustainabilityhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.00https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.08Nature Sustainabilityhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01536-6