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· September 16, 2026

github-github-summer-2026-4.1

This bar chart shows the percentage of GitHub users who believe that AI systems (e.g., training and running large language models) are contributing to climate change a great deal, a moderate amount, only a little, not at all, or say they don't know. A majority of GitHub users say AI systems contribute to climate change. Data: github, Spring 2026. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.