You may be hungry for knowledge, but your chatbot is thirsty for the world’s water supplies. The huge computer clusters powering ChatGPT need four times as much water to deliver answers than previously thought, it has been claimed.
Using the chatbot for between ten to 50 queries consumes about two litres of water, according to experts from the University of California, Riverside.
A pre-print study from the academics, which was released last year, estimated that one 500ml bottle was used…
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