Sam Altman says AI queries now use up to 100,000 times less energy
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Speaking at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, the OpenAI chief paired big efficiency claims with a warning that energy remains AI's biggest constraint OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the energy cost of a single AI query has collapsed. By his estimate, queries now use somewhere between 1,000 and 100,000 times less energy than they did three to four years ago. He said it at an oil and gas conference, flanked by an announcement with a national oil company. The remarks came at the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi on November 2, 2026.
Source: Crypto Briefing
