On Tuesday, OpenAI announced its o3-Pro model for subscribers to ChatGPT Pro and Teams with an 80% price reduction. CEO Sam Altman highlighted the efficiency of AI queries, revealing they consume about 0.34 watt-hours per query, comparable to brief uses of common household appliances. However, despite these claims of efficiency, concerns persist regarding the environmental impact of AI given the quantity of queries—over a billion daily—and future energy consumption predictions. Altman's perspective leans towards optimism, suggesting significant advancements in AI could lead to groundbreaking developments within a decade.
The average query uses about 0.34 watt-hours, about what an oven would use in a little over one second, or a high-efficiency light bulb would use in a couple of minutes.
OpenAI's o3 model isn't too cheap to meter, but due to an optimized inference stack, it's 80 percent less expensive than it used to be.
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