Artificial intelligence bulls in Europe are dusting off a 160-year-old economic theory to explain why the boom in the ...

Portfolio managers at Thematics Asset Management, an affiliate of Natixis IM, cited Jevons Paradox as one reason they believe ...

When English leaders began fretting about coal, the late-20-something Jevons decided he wanted to address their concerns. And ...

In the 1860s, economist William Stanley Jevons said more efficient coal furnaces simply meant more coal was burned.

Amazon is the latest tech giant to announce a massive AI spending plan, with well over $100 billion in predicted capital ...

AI burns through a lot of resources. And thanks to a paradox first identified way back in the 1860s, even a more energy-efficient AI is likely to sim ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that with DeepSeek’s breakthrough, the Jevons paradox now applies to AI. The phrase was named after William Stanley Jevons, a 19th century economist. The Jevons ...