Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said artificial intelligence is an essential tool to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint, as he joined a panel on climate change at the China Development Forum on Sunday.
Cook took part in a debate at the annual event in Beijing as the culmination of a week of public displays of his company’s commitment to China. Earlier, he met with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and announced plans to invest more in Apple’s supply chain, stores and research in the country.
Apple has set some of the most ambitious goals among its peers to reduce its carbon footprint – with the Apple Watch being touted as its first carbon-neutral product. Cook focused on this topic in his comments and throughout much of his tour.
“We’re making great progress, we’re not there yet, and there needs to be more innovation on the way forward,” Cook said of the company’s environmental goals. Apple is pouring considerable investment and resources into its AI development, not least because it has outgrown it. More aggressive competitors such as OpenAI with its ChatGPT.
The 63-year-old CEO said AI provides a huge toolkit for any company that wants to become carbon neutral or significantly reduce its emissions. Offer strategies for recovery and recycling.
Like Apple, China’s top tech companies have raced to get ahead of the AI competition, but U.S. trade restrictions have blocked their access to the best semiconductors for the job, which Nvidia Corp.
The Apple chief returned to the CDF at a time when Beijing wants to show it is open for business. Cook was also one of the prominent names on last year’s list of attendees, the first time the event was held in person after three years of Covid isolation. He spoke with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and other CEOs of international corporations after Li’s opening speech.
Cook told reporters that he has visited China often over the past year because “it’s so vibrant and vibrant, I always enjoy visiting.” Their social team documented their Weibo profile visits with supply partners and a small coffee brewing business. Apple technology.
“To create the best products we need partners who share our commitment to innovation and protecting the planet,” Cook said in a post about suppliers BYD Co., Lens Technology Co. and Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology Co. While praising, he also praised the coffee maker. Saturnbird to recycle your coffee grounds and containers.
The environmental theme for Cook’s trip — which included opening a sprawling new store in Shanghai on Thursday — may have been chosen to avoid geopolitical sensitivities. Relations between the US and China continue to sour, with ByteDance Ltd threatening to ban TikTok in the US if its Chinese owner doesn’t back down.
Apple has been on the receiving end of China’s backlash, as it has had to navigate growing restrictions on iPhones at Chinese government-run or state-backed businesses.
The company’s global corporate operations are now carbon neutral and aims to have a net zero climate impact across its entire business by 2030. This will include the manufacturing supply chain and the complete product life cycle.
Apple has also set a goal to eliminate plastic from its product packaging by 2025. When it removed the plastic outer wrap in its iPhone 13 packaging, Apple saved 600 metric tons of waste, showing the impact of small changes across a wide range of manufacturing. Network It manufactures hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads and Macs each year, mostly
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