Artificial intelligence queries that will work integrated with the Bard chatbot developed by Google can cost Google 10 times more than normal keyword searches. Alphabet’s chairman of the board, John Hennessy, said this in an interview with Reuters.This is because queries in artificial intelligence (AI) language models like ChatGPT require more processing power and electricity costs. According to analysts, Google’s additional cost in this regard may reach billions of dollars in the coming years. Experts believe that if half of requests made to the chatbot were answered with 50 words, it would cost Google an additional $6 billion by 2024.
Cost reduction can affect response quality
That could hamper the tech giant’s cost-cutting efforts amid economic uncertainty. Because the company has already laid off 12 thousand employees and cut social benefits. He also started saving in offices.
To reduce the costs associated with AI, Google will use a limited version of the LaMDA model on which Bard is built. John Hennessy also said that the cost of chatbot-generated responses could be reduced. However, experts believe that lowering the cost will affect the quality of responses.
