Govt considering sustainable data centre policy: Karnataka IT MinisterKarnataka is developing a new sustainable data centre policy. This comes amid concerns about the significant water and energy consumption o...
11 Mar, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
Sam Altman says AI may be energy-intensive, but humans consume a lot of energy, tooDuring the session, Altman dismissed viral claims that each ChatGPT query requires the same energy as charging a smartphone, saying they we...
23 Feb, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
AI needs to be smaller, reduce energy footprint: StudyThe potential of artificial intelligence is immense -- but its equally vast energy consumption needs curbing, with asking shorter questions...
08 Jul, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Do you say 'Please' to ChatGPT? Sam Altman reveals how much electricity your manners cost to OpenAISam Altman recently highlighted that seemingly simple politeness, such as using “please” and “thank you” in interactions with ChatGPT, is c...
22 Apr, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
DeepSeek AI shakes Up tech stocks: What it means for Silicon ValleyDeepSeek claims to have built its AI platform cheaper than Meta, Google, and OpenAI, raising fears of overspending. However, US tech stocks...
11 Feb, 2025, 10.10 PM IST
'DeepSeek shows there is still room for better AI maths'Hiranandani Group leverages China's DeepSeek AI model, hosted in India, to offer free AI services to billions. This cost-effective approach...
04 Feb, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Generative AI's environmental impact in figuresThe surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being met with growing fears about the technology's ecological footprint, one of th...
02 Feb, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
Generative AI's environmental impact in figuresEach interaction with OpenAI's chatbot uses 2.9 watt-hours of electricity. In 2023, data centres were responsible for nearly 1.4% of global...
01 Feb, 2025, 02.35 PM IST
Newsmakers of 2024: Sam Altman's OpenAI leadership turmoil, tragedy, and continued dominance in AIAmong key events, the death of OpenAI’s former researcher Suchir Balaji, who had raised concerns about the company’s potential copyright vi...
28 Dec, 2024, 11.29 AM IST
All you need to know about ChatGPT’s evolution into AI web search engineSearch wars have intensified among the big tech once again, raising the $2 trillion question whether Google’s dominance in search can be di...
01 Nov, 2024, 10.21 PM IST
View: Limiting energy consumption in AI is vital — look to the frugal human brain for pathwaysInvestments in AI startups are rising, but so is their power consumption. Data centers could use 4% of global electricity by 2026. Powering...
03 Oct, 2024, 10.45 PM IST
AI is 'accelerating the climate crisis,' expert warnsIf you care about the environment, think twice about using AI. Generative artificial intelligence uses 30 times more energy than a traditio...
15 Sep, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Why OpenAI's SearchGPT won't kill Google Search anytime soonWhether GenAI-based search can ever dethrone incumbents like Google Chrome is still a far sight. But if it does, it could cause a tectonic ...
06 Aug, 2024, 12.23 PM IST
AI supercharges data centre energy use-straining the grid and slowing sustainability effortsAccording to the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit research firm, at 2.9 watt-hours per ChatGPT request, AI queries require ab...
13 Jul, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
New AI benchmark tests speed of responses to user queriesThe two new benchmarks added by artificial intelligence benchmarking group MLCommons measure the speed at which the AI chips and systems ca...
28 Mar, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
AI technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa - with a lot of waterLeading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs...
10 Sep, 2023, 09.22 AM IST
Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa, with a lot of waterBuilding a large language model requires analyzing patterns across a huge trove of human-written text. All of that computing takes a lot of...
09 Sep, 2023, 07.19 PM IST