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Follow us @oddsontechnology for more tech archives and tech videos. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says one of the internet’s most repeated claims about ChatGPT is simply false. According to Altman, viral posts claiming every ChatGPT prompt uses a fixed amount of water have “no connection to reality,” explaining that while modern AI data centers consume significant resources overall, water usage cannot be measured by assigning a specific number of gallons to every individual prompt. Altman argues the real conversation should focus on the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, GPU-powered data centers, electricity demand, and the need to expand nuclear, solar, and wind energy to support the future of AI. As companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, Anthropic, xAI, Meta, and Amazon continue investing billions into AI infrastructure, the challenge isn’t one ChatGPT query—it’s building enough clean energy and computing power for the next generation of AI. [ keywords: Sam Altman, OpenAI, ChatGPT, GPT-5, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Generative AI, Data Centers, AI Infrastructure, GPUs, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, Claude, xAI, Grok, Meta AI, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Cloud Computing, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Machine Learning, Technology ] #SamAltman #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence