While dismissing criticism over the massive water consumption by AI data centres, Altman noted that concerns about the technology's energy requirements are legitimate ... .
OpenAI’s Sam Altman sparked a firestorm of criticism at the India AI ImpactSummit 2026 when he responded to concerns over artificial intelligence’s growing ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence is using up lots of water as “fake” – arguing that “humans use energy, too.” ... OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed concerns about water usage by AI data centers.
Last Friday, onstage at a major AI summit in India, Sam Altman wanted to address what he called an “unfair” criticism ... Altman immediately pushed back ... “It also takes a lot of energy to train a human,” Altman told a packed pavilion.
Sam Altman calls Elon Musk’s space data center plan ‘ridiculous’. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, when asked about Elon Musk’s plan to install data centres in space, termed it as “ridiculous” at present.
A key figure in Silicon Valley’s battle royale is a Malibu lawyer who’d rather be a movie producer—if only his name didn’t send some studio brass into fits. Tom Dotan sits down with the ultimate overlord’s underdog ....
Sam Altman dismisses viral claims about ChatGPT’s water use — but the bigger question of AI’s growing energy and environmental impact remains unresolved ... .