Why Google Wants You to Know the Environmental Cost of AI Queries

29/08/2025 11 min
Why Google Wants You to Know the Environmental Cost of AI Queries

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Episode Synopsis

If a regular web search isn’t doing it for you, and even a generative artificial intelligence chatbot response leaves you wanting more — you could try “deep research.” Our personal tech columnist tried it out and breaks down how it works. But those queries come at an environmental cost. In a new report Google is detailing how much energy a single query uses. Julie Chang hosts.


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