AIHacker Noonabout 8 hours ago
AI Video Generation's Carbon Cost Revealed
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OpenAI's Sora cost $15 million daily to run before shutting down in March 2026. A single 10-second clip consumed roughly 1,000 watt-hours, generating 9,200 tonnes of CO2 per day at peak usage. That equals about 420,000 tree-years of carbon absorption undone in 24 hours.
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