Safety and sobriety
Artificial intelligence and innovation - Reliability issues

The most powerful AI models, such as large language models, require considerable computing power and high costs in terms of computing infrastructure and energy consumption (figure 2 ). It is thus estimated that in 2022, data centers and artificial intelligence (as well as cryptocurrencies) will account for almost 2% of global electricity consumption, i.e. 460 TWh (which is slightly more than French electricity consumption, which stood at 445 TWh in 2023!).