Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon of water

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, highlighted the environmental efficiency of ChatGPT by estimating that an average query consumes approximately one fifteenth of a teaspoon of water, emphasizing the model's low resource footprint. This comparison underscores ongoing efforts to improve AI sustainability, although it primarily focuses on water usage rather than energy consumption or carbon footprint, which are also critical metrics for environmental impact.