<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Sam Altman reveals ChatGPT's energy usage per prompt: 0.34 watt-hours and 0.000085 gallons of water.While it may seem low, with over 400 million weekly users, the global impact could be significant.AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude contribute to increased energy consumption.Concerns arise from the energy usage of AI tools, but Altman's insights bring reassurance to some.Recent outage of ChatGPT prompts discussions on AI's environmental impact.The debate on AI's energy consumption complexity: balancing benefits and environmental costs.