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Confused on whether AI uses more energy than a Google search or not and would like to learn what's the truth

Some sources say a Google search and an AI prompt both take a similar amount of Watt-Hours, that being around 0.3, while other's say that a prompt takes 10 times more, which is true, how do I know which one is and where to see reliable sources about that

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  1. 2026-09-24 22:05 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Confused on whether AI uses more energy than a Google search or not and would like to learn what's the truth

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