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Sam Altman Downplays ChatGPT's Water Thirst With an Almond Claim That Overstates the Real Gap Threefold

International Business Times UK — September 04, 2026 at 07:22 AM UTC

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Sam Altman Downplays ChatGPT's Water Thirst With an Almond Claim That Overstates the Real Gap Threefold

OpenAI's Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries equal one almond's water. His own 2025 figure points to about 11,000, overstating the AI gap by roughly threefold.