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Why I built EcoPrompt: A zero-telemetry Chrome extension to measure LLM compute costs

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GenAI interfaces like ChatGPT , Google Gemini , and Claude are clean and instant. But behind every prompt lies power-dense GPU clusters drawing electricity and evaporative cooling water. To bring physical transparency to AI interactions without tracking users or slowing down the browser, I built Ec…

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  1. 2026-10-22 10:28 · DEV Community — AI
    Why I built EcoPrompt: A zero-telemetry Chrome extension to measure LLM compute costs

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