Roughly a quarter of Americans have used ChatGPT since the chatbot’s 2022 release, according to the Pew Research Center — and every query exacts a cost. Chatbots use an immense amount of power ...

Sam Altman said the average ChatGPT query consumes about one-fifteenth of a teaspoon of water. This is on top of the 0.34 watt-hours of electricity needed to power the chatbot.