AI’s water use is in the spotlight. Meat deserves a look, too.

  You’ve probably heard the statistic: Generating just one email with ChatGPT consumes an entire bottle’s worth of water. It’s not true. While AI does require water, the actual water footprint of a single chatbot query is usually small. For example, a simple ChatGPT request, like writing an email, is 6mL or around a teaspoon