OpenAI's Sam Altman shares a 'holy grail' solution for ChatGPT's power-hungry demands, but researchers say it's 'wishful thinking' and it won't "be ready until the latter half of the century"

Sam Altman.

What you need to know

• Generative AI is resource-hungry, raising power, water, and funding concerns.
• OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, recently suggested that nuclear fusion is the clear solution for the power concerns revolving around the technology.
• Scientists and researchers don't seem to resonate with the idea, citing "too late to deal with the climate crisis" and we're better off looking at fission and renewable energy as plausible alternatives.
• They also indicated that we don't have the technological muscle to explore nuclear fusion as an alternative.