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3 problems with Google’s AI energy use data

Google just announced that a typical query to its Gemini app uses about 0.24 watt-hours of electricity. That’s about the same as running a microwave for one second—something that, to me, feels virtually insignificant. I run the microwave for so many more seconds than that on most days. I was excited to see this report…

OpenRouter is down

Article URL: https://status.openrouter.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45050428 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

From pilot to scale: Making agentic AI work in health care

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Over the past 20 years building advanced AI systems—from academic labs to enterprise deployments—I’ve witnessed AI’s waves of success rise and fall. My journey began during the “AI Winter,” when billions were invested in expert systems that ultimately underdelivered. Flash forward to today: large language models (LLMs) represent a quantum leap forward, but their prompt-based…