Tech giants struggle to justify huge AI costs | The World | ABC NEWS

OpenAI has announced the scrapping of its video generation app, 'Sora'. Industry experts say Sora is not able to enjoy sufficient financial returns for the vast and expensive amounts of computing required to create images and videos. As the war in the Middle East rages on, the rising cost of energy is having a huge impact on the cost of running the massive data centres required for a range of services, including artificial intelligence. Chief scientist at the AI Institute at UNSW Toby Walsh spoke to The World's Girish Sawlani about the technology's prospects in the coming months.

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