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"Roughly a quarter of Americans have used ChatGPT since the chatbot’s 2022 release, according to the Pew Research Center — and every query exacts a cost. 

Here is a break down to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs."
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"A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots"
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"AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs."
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