Innovation

The Alarming Way Big Tech Wants to Power AI Chatbots

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Chatbots use an incredible amount of energy and the companies that make them are looking at nuclear energy as a cheaper power source

A nuclear power plant with a digital AI vector over top.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images

Think about how much you use electricity each day: every time you flip a light switch, use the microwave to heat-up dinner, boot up your laptop for work, or power on your TV at night to watch some Netflix before bed.

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