# AI ‘will do more to boost fossil fuel production than green energy’ > Source: > Published: 2026-08-11 09:15:45+00:00 # AI ‘will do more to boost fossil fuel production than green energy’ By Ajit NiranjanSource: [The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Study finds technology could boost recoverable oil and gas reserves by 5% and cut cost of deepwater projects by 10% AI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a [study](https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-026-00411-0) has found. Researchers modelled the technical potential for AI to boost clean power generation along with projections for how it can help produce coal, oil and gas. Across 64 scenarios, they found net yearly carbon pollution rose by 0.47-1.8 gigatonnes, or about 1-5% of the energy sector’s annual emissions. [Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/ai-will-do-more-to-boost-fossil-fuel-production-than-green-energy) Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.