New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a unique argument when it comes to the debate of the amount of energy resources it takes while training AI models.

Speaking at an event on Friday, Altman dismissed the resource demands of artificial intelligence, arguing that claims against OpenAI using gallons of water to train its AI model ChatGPT were fake.

"We used to do evaporative cooling in data centres, but now that we don't do that. You see these like things on the internet where 'don't use ChatGPT, it's 17 gallons of water for each query' or whatever. This is completely untrue. Totally insane. No connection to reality," Altman said at the Express Adda event during the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

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