Google Reveals How Much Energy a Gemini Query Uses - in Industry First

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Google did the math on AI’s energy footprint

Ever wonder how much energy it takes when you ask an AI to draft an email, plan a vacation, or role-play as a friend? Google just shed some light: The company calculated the energy, water, and carbon emissions tied to text prompts on its Gemini apps. The energy use for the median text prompt is far less than some previous estimates: Google found that it uses just 0.24 watt-hours, or the equivalent of watching TV for less than nine seconds. Other…

Google reveals how much energy a Gemini query uses - in industry first

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Google says a typical AI text prompt only uses 5 drops of water — experts say that’s misleading

Amid a fierce debate about the environmental toll of artificial intelligence, Google released a new study that says its Gemini AI assistant only uses a minimal amount of water and energy for each text prompt. But experts say that the tech giant's claims are misleading. Google estimates that a median Gemini text prompt uses up about five drops of water, or 0.26 milliliters, and about as much electricity as watching TV for less than nine seconds, …

Google wants to make AI’s energy footprint a ‘non-consideration,’ but it’s not there yet

The NewsGoogle says it is making rapid strides in driving down the energy consumption of AI search queries and, a top engineer told Semafor, is confident those improvements will continue to the point where AI’s carbon footprint “is essentially a non-consideration.”In a research paper published today, Google reported that a typical query on its Gemini AI “assistant” — which summarizes web search results and can help draft emails, among other func…

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers.