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Google Reveals AI's Environmental Impact and Energy Use

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Google Reveals AI's Environmental Impact and Energy Use
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Google claims its AI model Gemini uses significantly less water per prompt than previous estimates, but critics argue that Google's comparison is misleading because it only considers onsite water use, ignoring the substantial off-site water consumption of datacenter cooling systems. The debate highlights the complexity of accurately measuring AI's environmental footprint.

Topics:business#ai#datacenters#environmental-impact#google-gemini#technology#water-consumption
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  1. Google games numbers to make AI look less thirsty  theregister.com
  2. In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses  MIT Technology Review
  3. Google Wants You to Know the Environmental Cost of Quizzing Its AI  The Wall Street Journal
  4. A Google Gemini prompt uses as much energy as 9 seconds of TV  Euronews.com
  5. Our approach to energy innovation and AI’s environmental footprint  The Keyword

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