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‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought (www.thetimes.com)

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Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT (GPT-4, latest model) consumes 1 x 500ml bottle of water It uses 140Wh of energy, enough for 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I’ve run an LLM on my desktop GPU and gotten decent results, albeit not nearly as good as what ChatGPT will get you.

Probably used less than 0.1Wh per response.