AI spends half a liter of water to write 100-word emails • Tecnoblog

Artificial intelligence requires a lot of processing to be trained and to perform tasks (Image: Vitor Pádua/Tecnoblog) A study estimated that, to generate a 100-word email using artificial intelligence, a data center consumes 519 ml of water, which is almost a small bottle, and 0.14 kWh, enough to keep 14 LED lamps on for one hour. The calculations were carried out by researchers from the University of California at Riverside, in partnership wit…