A single text prompt to Google's artificial intelligence (AI) software, Gemini, consumes roughly as much electricity as just under nine seconds of television, the company said on Thursday. Google estimated the median energy use at 0.

Amid growing concerns about the environmental impact of artificial intelligence, Google says it has calculated the energy required for its Gemini AI service: Sending a single text prompt consumes as much energy as watching television for nine seconds.

“For example, you can now ask about getting a dinner reservation with friends that includes multiple constraints and preferences — like party size, date, time, location and preferred cuisine — and AI Mode will streamline this process,” said Robby Stein, vice president of Google Search.

The company measured not only the energy and water use of the individual prompt, but also the IT equipment in data centres, the idle power of the chips that power the AI model, an

Despite the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT helping users search for information, Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) virtually infinite pool of search data continues to play a crucial role in these platforms,

In a remarkable update, Google has expanded an artificial intelligence Mode, its experimental feature that enables users to ask complex questions directly within Search.On Thursday, August 21, 2025, the Alphabet-owned Google announced the

A popular local restaurant says an Artificial Intelligence tool designed to enhance Google search results is causing confusion for customers.

On Monday, Google announced that it had entered into a collaboration for a new nuclear reactor to be built in Tennessee, as reported by Reuters. This new Google nuclear reactor will supply electricity to Google’s data centers across the U.