Sam Altman Claims One Almond Takes Same Water as 38,000 ChatGPT Queries Amid Public Backlash over Data Centres
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Altman Calls AI Water-Use Concerns a “Meme” as Data Center Backlash Grows
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed concerns over artificial intelligence’s water consumption as a widely repeated “meme,” noting that modern data centers generally use far less water than their public image suggests. Altman addressed the issue during the premiere episode of the Sources podcast with Alex Heath, published Tuesday, as he was asked about the […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is also annoyed. For one thing: artificial intelligence (AI) is being blamed for the drought. He claims AI data centers are greedy for drinking water, draining residents' wells until they're barren.
Sam Altman said that concerns about AI water usage are far too exaggerated, but have become a deeply ingrained misconception. He explained that the amount of water consumed by an average state-of-the-art data center is only about the same as that of a typical large office building. He further pointed out that the amount of water used for a single prompt to ChatGPT is far less than the amount of water needed to grow "just one" almond in Californi…
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