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Got a bit angry today in my column
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
theguardian.com
If turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg Jericho
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker
![frenzy is disrupting commumties across the country and threatening
Americans' economic, environmental, climate and water security," their
letter states.
At the AI conference, Altman also downplayed concerns about the water
datacenters require.
"Water is totally It used to be true. We used to do evaporative cooling in
datacenters, but now we don't do that," Altman said. "You see things on
the internet, [like]: 'Don't use ChatGPT. It's 17 gallons of water for each query
or whatever.' This is completely untrue - totally insane."
CNBC reported that "some newer data centers no longer rely on water at all".
The director of the Southern New Hampshire University office of
sustainability, Mike Weinstein, told the Guardian he was skeptical of the
argument from Altman and other AI advocates that the power such
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