AI models cost more when you don’t use English
People who use less widely spoken languages could end up paying more to use AI than those who speak English or other dominant languages.
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After ChatGPT was released in November 2022, the tech industry was quick to herald the chatbot as the marker of a new wave of technological progress. As companies pushed to create more powerful AI models, the water demand of their ambitions took a while to become clear. In April…
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