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Sam Altman Says AI Queries Now Use up to 100,000 Times Less Energy

Sam Altman says AI queries use 1,000 to 100,000 times less energy than 3-4 years ago, but calls energy the industry's biggest challenge.

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El Comercio

OpenAI CEO Trusts AI to Provide “Net Gain” of Energy to Compensate for Its High Consumption

During his intervention at the energy fair ADIPEC, Sam Altman admitted that AI will require much more energy globally

6 hours ago·Lima, Peru

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TokenPost

Altman Says AI Efficiency Has Risen as Data Center Power Use Is Forecast to Rise

Altman gave no standardized benchmark for his estimate. Global data center electricity use is projected to reach 950 TWh in 2030.

11 hours ago

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The Cryptonomist

Increased Artificial Intelligence Energy Efficiency

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks of a leap in the energy efficiency of artificial intelligence. A query consumes between 1,000 and 100,000 times less energy than three or four years ago. He said this on November 2, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, at the conference on ADIPEC energy. In the same speech he put the data next to an observation that [...]

13 hours ago

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