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Every playful AI picture carries a hidden price — making just one image can use about as much energy as fully charging your smartphone, one study found

As MIT Technology Review put it, “generating an image using a powerful AI model takes as much energy as fully charging your smartphone.” That figure came from a single study and describes one particularly heavy model, not image generation in general but a striking comparison is it. The study behind the number The figure traces ... Read more

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