ChatGPT has quickly become a fixture in many of our daily lives — whether that’s asking the generative AI chatbot for party-planning assistance, dating advice, therapy or Studio Ghibli-inspired art. Over 400 million people across the globe use ChatGPT each week, with 122.6 million daily users.
While asking ChatGPT for help can feel harmless (and a smart way to save time and focus on the things that we love), using the AI chatbot can have a colossal impact on the environment. According to Professor Gina Neff, Deputy CEO of Responsible AI UK, ChatGPT uses an immense amount of energy; the data centres used to power it consume a higher amount of electricity per year than 117 countries.
