A chatbot might not break a sweat every time you ask it to make your shopping list or come up with its best dad jokes. But over time, the planet might.
As generative AI such as large language models (LLMS) becomes more ubiquitous, critical questions loom. For every interaction you have with AI, how much energy does it take — and how much carbon is emitted into the atmosphere?
Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that an “average ChatGPT query” uses energy equal to “about what an oven would use in a little over one second.” That’s within the realm of reason: AI research firm Epoch AI