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This article on #ai energy and #water use from #theTimes (#uk) is great. Until it ends with "all the AI companies say they'll fix the water problem soon" - so that's all ok then; we trust them, right? right?...

> Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT-4: 500ml water, 140Wh energy

> New data centres built in Britain over the next five years could require the same amount of water as a city the size of #Liverpool

thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/

The Times · ‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thoughtBy Mark Sellman
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@tshirtman

they are thinking that bravado works

and it does- on domestic #Russian audiences

the rest of us can only marvel at how fucking stupid #Russia is

it tells you domestic Russian audiences make #American #MAGA morons look like geniuses

thetimes.com/uk/politics/artic

'#Medvedev said the “entire management team” of #TheTimes were “lousy jackals” and could be considered #military targets. “So be careful,” he said. “After all, a lot of things happen in #London.”'

The Times · Medvedev threatens The Times over coverage of Russian general’s killingBy Steven Swinford