AI’s power drain: Google details Gemini apps’ environmental footprint in new paper
Google LLC has released technical data about the environment footprint of its Gemini artificial intelligence apps. The company shared the information in a paper published today. According to Google, the median text prompt to a Gemini app uses 0.24Wh, or 0.24 watt-hours, of energy. That’s enough to power a highly efficient lightbulb for more than a…