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Occupations and activities

An occupation, a personal use or a project entrusted to AI: a basket of tasks, each with its frequency and the share done with AI.

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AI Impact Database: 38 entries, category Occupations and activities, CO2e calculated for servers worldwide.
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Human resources, 1 year1 person, 1 year330 gCO2e1 person, 1 year720 Whestimated
Manager or executive, 1 year1 person, 1 year370 gCO2e1 person, 1 year810 Whestimated
Accountant, 1 year1 person, 1 year380 gCO2e1 person, 1 year830 Whestimated
Office worker, 1 year1 person, 1 year590 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.3 kWhestimated
Executive assistant, 1 year1 person, 1 year630 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.4 kWhestimated
Lawyer, 1 year1 person, 1 year520 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.1 kWhestimated
Researcher, 1 year1 person, 1 year680 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.5 kWhestimated
Communications officer, 1 year1 person, 1 year800 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.7 kWhestimated
Consultant, 1 year1 person, 1 year970 gCO2e1 person, 1 year2.1 kWhestimated
Journalist, 1 year1 person, 1 year2.1 kgCO2e1 person, 1 year4.6 kWhestimated
Data scientist, 1 year1 person, 1 year1.5 kgCO2e1 person, 1 year3.2 kWhestimated
Developer, 1 year1 person, 1 year2 kgCO2e1 person, 1 year4.3 kWhestimated
Graphic designer, 1 year1 person, 1 year1.4 kgCO2e1 person, 1 year3 kWhestimated
Videographer, 1 year1 person, 1 year3.4 kgCO2e1 person, 1 year7.4 kWhestimated
Field-based occupation, 1 year1 person, 1 year220 gCO2e1 person, 1 year480 Whestimated
Salesperson, 1 year1 person, 1 year660 gCO2e1 person, 1 year1.4 kWhestimated
Customer service officer, 1 year1 person, 1 year960 gCO2e1 person, 1 year2.1 kWhestimated
Secondary school pupil, 1 year1 pupil, 1 year150 gCO2e1 pupil, 1 year340 Whestimated
Teacher, 1 year1 person, 1 year260 gCO2e1 person, 1 year570 Whestimated
Student, 1 year1 student, 1 year490 gCO2e1 student, 1 year1.1 kWhestimated
Free personal use, 1 year1 person, 1 year340 gCO2e1 person, 1 year750 Whestimated
ChatGPT Business, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year1 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year2.2 kWhestimated
Vibe Pro, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year1.2 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year2.6 kWhestimated
Claude Pro, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year1.3 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year2.8 kWhestimated
Microsoft 365 Copilot, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year1.3 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year2.9 kWhestimated
ChatGPT Plus, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year1.4 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year3 kWhestimated
Google AI Pro, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year2.1 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year4.6 kWhestimated
Perplexity Pro, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year6.3 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year14 kWhestimated
GitHub Copilot, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year29 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year63 kWhestimated
ChatGPT Pro, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year91 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year200 kWhestimated
Claude Max, 1 year1 subscription, 1 year120 kgCO2e1 subscription, 1 year270 kWhestimated
Book written with AI1 project340 gCO2e1 project750 Whestimated
End-to-end study1 project540 gCO2e1 project1.2 kWhestimated
Automated monitoring, 1 year1 project7.6 kgCO2e1 project17 kWhestimated
Video of 3 minutes1 project8.4 kgCO2e1 project18 kWhestimated
Application with an agent1 project12 kgCO2e1 project27 kWhestimated
Autonomous agent, 1 month1 month57 kgCO2e1 month120 kWhestimated
Agents talking to each other, 1 month1 month210 kgCO2e1 month470 kWhestimated
Version 0.4 of 13 November 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence

Calculated values depend on the location of the servers; published values are used as they stand. An empty source indicates a value calculated by the database from its factors.

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