Sam Altman says the energy needed for an average ChatGPT query can power a lightbulb for a few minutes

Altman said the average ChatGPT query "uses about 0.34 watt-hours, about what an oven would use in a little over one second." ...
Yahoo

One ChatGPT query uses same energy as a second of baking, OpenAI says

AI data centres are notoriously power inefficient, with each ChatGPT and Gemini query adding to a person's carbon footprint. OpenAI is now keen to play down the energy requirement. Frank ...
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Shockingly, ChatGPT doesn't consume as much power as previously thought — A new study reveals the stats were based on "napkin math" with the assumption that OpenAI powers ...

ChatGPT reportedly consumes approximately 3 watt-hours of power to respond to a single query, which is 10x more than the average power needed when using Google search. A new report by Epoch AI ...

Your next AI prompt comes with an energy bill: The growing environmental cost of chatbot use

The growing energy demands of AI highlight a broader reality about digital technologies: although they often appear invisible ...
The Washington Post

ChatGPT is an energy guzzler. These things you’re doing are worse.

As researchers scrutinize Big Tech’s utility bills, artificial intelligence has earned a reputation as a thirsty, energy-hungry beast. A single Q&A session with a large language model (LLM) can ...