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Google to Offer Gemini AI to U.S. Government Agencies for 47 Cents
Google's study reveals AI energy use involves more than just chips, with infrastructure contributing 42% of consumption; median Gemini queries use 0.24 watt-hours and 0.26 mL of water.
- Earlier this year Google released a study publishing per-query energy estimates for its Gemini AI assistant, aiming to increase transparency about AI's water and energy use as the first major tech company to do so.
- MIT Technology Review earlier this year reported that major AI companies would not disclose per-prompt energy use, fueling public concern and debate over AI's environmental impact.
- Google estimated a median Gemini text prompt uses five drops of water and 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, with custom TPUs accounting for 58%, host machine CPU and memory 25%, idle backup machines 10%, and data-center overhead 8%.
- Experts warned the report omitted key measures and could mislead readers, as Shaolei Ren, UC Riverside, and Alex de Vries-Gao, Digiconomist, said Google excluded indirect water use and location-based carbon metrics.
- The new numbers could alter power-demand forecasts and investment decisions as AI demand accelerates, expanding data centers and power plants, raising infrastructure concerns, experts said.
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The US administration announced on Thursday that Google will provide it with artificial intelligence services (AI) for derisory prices, while the internet giant is still waiting for his sentence for abuse of dominant position. ...
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Google Will Provide AI Services For U.S. Agencies For Only 47 Cents!
Okay, this is a steal! Could there possibly be another motive? Google has announced that it will provide its AI Gemini and cloud services to U.S. agencies at a very low price. The tech giant announced that, through 2026, U.S. agencies will have access to its AI for only 47 cents. The Hill provided more on Google’s cheap services: Google will provide a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services to federal agencies for 47 cents each,…
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