They just added a fee so that AWS can’t copy it without paying. What’s the big deal.
Batteries.
They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.
It’s from solar and wind power. It’s not the same thing.
They buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms.
People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
Can we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power.
Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues. It has been since 2019.
Edit: to the brainturds downvoting without even looking into it, read it from the source
Some random Chinese company: does something jenky
Blogger: “The entire country of China is doing this jenky thing!”