Sam Altman Defends AI Energy Efficiency Claim

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told The Indian Express on Feb. 22, 2026 that once trained, AI models may use less energy per query than the decades of food and resources humans consume to learn. Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu publicly disagreed on X, arguing technology should not be equated with humans; both leaders urged clearer lifecycle metrics and faster shifts to renewable energy.