Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year

Re:Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 3... by immibis on Saturday August 23, 2025 @11:26AM (#44996661)

Or Google running an AI summary on every single search even though you mostly ignore it. There was no need for Google to do that, and it wasn't my choice.

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Re:Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 3... by chermi on Saturday August 23, 2025 @05:50PM (#44999412)

I'm not saying it's a good reason, but very clearly there was a reason. I'd expect at least part of it trying to retain/capture Google search users and advertise that chatgpt isn't the only game in town. I'd bet without those summaries the lay person would not know Google had their own AI app.

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Re:Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 3... by hoyo1s on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:13AM (#45001337)

AI summaries are mostly shit.

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