AI is an enormous energy drain, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the planet desperately needs progress in the opposite direction. Although most of that comes from running GPUs, cooling them is another significant overhead.
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Unless you're a power user, it can be hard to justify the $20 a month cost of a paid ChatGPT subscription. But those free usage limits can be really annoying. OpenAI does offer a lower-cost subscription called ChatGPT Go, though it's not available here in the United States.
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Meta is launching a national super political action committee (PAC), according to a report by Axios. This super PAC will be committed to fighting "onerous" AI regulation across the country. It's called the American Technology Excellence Project and Meta spokesperson Rachel Holland said the company is investing "tens of millions" into the effort.

Mashable has spent the last week reviewing a new crop of AI chatbot tutors. Find our methodology, reviews, and conclusions all below.
