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14 Apr
1 May
AI Uses Less Water Than the Public Thinks

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16 May
Mistral AI founder to French Parliament: "Engineers at Mistral no longer write a single line of code

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://youtu.be/vczBo0AvbTI?si=pglMPmTjsq-TNJa9&amp;t=375">https://youtu.be/vczBo0AvbTI?si=pglMPmTjsq-TNJa9&amp;t=375</a></p>

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29 Mar
Is the use of water by AI a real issue?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>specifically, I want to find out how much water data centres are using as a comparable figure such as gallons per minute. (and also do they use

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
6 May
"Water wars."

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1t58p3x/water_wars/"> <img alt="&quot;Water wars.&quot;"

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
26 Apr
A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it

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17 Jun
Our Civilization Uses as Much Water as 560 Billion People U.N. Report Implies

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Using the same method of estimation as this Time article: <a

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
15 May
Genuine question. Is the whole "AI guzzles gallons of water" thing totally true, or do people get it wrong? Does AI consume a lot of water for every single prompt, or is the majority of water consumed during data farming? Don't non-AI data centers use up a lot of water on cooling too?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Please someone set me straight and dispel whether there are myths surrounding this often-repeated internet factoid</p> <p>And I genuinely don't

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