[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fIu_bVvZ5oZBgGRcwSi-wM5IUXM2g7fnfTUwtIPD75ms":3},{"locale":4,"topic":5,"relatedTrends":106},"en",{"topic":6,"slug":7,"canonicalSlug":7,"topicAliases":8,"nicheKey":12,"nicheName":13,"nicheNameEn":13,"nicheIcon":14,"country":15,"countries":16,"agentKey":17,"score":18,"type":19,"isFresh":20,"isPublic":20,"detectedAt":21,"sources":22,"evidence":102},"AI agents consuming up to 136.5× more power than chatbots","ai-agents-consuming-up-to-136-5-more-power-than-chatbots",[9,10,11],"AI agents consuming up to 136.5 times more power than chatbots","Energy consumption of AI agents versus traditional chatbots study","AI agents' energy consumption far exceeds traditional chatbots","ai-engineering","AI Engineering & LLM Ops","⚙️","CN",[15],"ai-engineering-CN",98,"spiking",false,"2026-07-07T00:11:01.719Z",[23,29,35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,72,77,82,87,92,97],{"title":24,"url":25,"domain":26,"snippet":27,"content":28},"AI Agents Consume 136 Times More Power Than Traditional Chatbots","https:\u002F\u002Fm.ajupress.com\u002Famp\u002F20260705142470424","m.ajupress.com","A KAIST-led study found AI agents can use up to 136.5 times more power than simple question-and-answer generative models, prompting calls for improved infrastructure efficiency.","**By Kim Seong Hyeon**Posted : July 5, 2026, 15:20 Updated : July 5, 2026, 15:20\n\n!\n\nData center [Photo: Getty Images]\n\n Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are consuming up to 136.5 times more power than traditional generative AI systems designed for simple question-and-answer tasks. This finding has prompted calls for improved infrastructure efficiency rather than merely expanding AI data centers (DC). \n\n According to a study by a research team led by Professor Yoon Min-soo from KAIST's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, AI agents represent a new type of workload that servers and graphics processing units (GPUs) in data centers must continuously manage. The team analyzed the computational demands and energy consumption during actual operations. \n\n AI agents go beyond simply answering questions; they can plan, execute calculations, and utilize various external tools to solve complex problems. This study is the first to quantitatively analyze the computational costs and energy consumption associated with AI agents. \n\n The analysis revealed that AI agents perform, on average, 9.2 times more large language model (LLM) calls compared to traditional step-by-step reasoning methods. As a result, response times increased by as much as 153.7 times, and during the execution of tasks by external tools, GPUs were idle for up to 54.5% of the total execution time. \n\n The increase in power consumption was particularly striking. An AI agent utilizing a 70 billion parameter",{"title":30,"url":31,"domain":32,"snippet":33,"content":34},"AI Agents Consume Up to 136 Times More Power Per Query Than Chatbots, KAIST Study Finds","https:\u002F\u002Ffinance.biggo.com\u002Fnews\u002F7cf2d787-63ed-43e3-9c43-607921e906a0","finance.biggo.com","A study by South Korea's KAIST research team reveals that AI agents—systems that independently plan and execute tasks—consume up to 136.5 times more…",null,{"title":36,"url":37,"domain":38,"snippet":39,"content":34},"Advanced AI uses 136.5 times more electricity than standard chatbots, study warns","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.koreatimes.co.kr\u002Famp\u002Fsouthkorea\u002F20260705\u002Fadvanced-ai-uses-1365-times-more-electricity-than-standard-chatbots-study-warns","koreatimes.co.kr","The next generation of artificial intelligence could trigger a massive global energy crisis. A groundbreaking new study by the Korea Advanced Insti...",{"title":41,"url":42,"domain":43,"snippet":44,"content":34},"When It Comes to Energy Use, AI Agents Could Make Chatbots Look Like Pocket Calculators","https:\u002F\u002Fgizmodo.com\u002Fwhen-it-comes-to-energy-use-ai-agents-could-make-chatbots-look-like-pocket-calculators-2000781774","gizmodo.com","Much has been made of the emergence of generative AI and its strain on the electrical grid due to the energy demand. So just wait until you see how much...",{"title":46,"url":47,"domain":48,"snippet":49,"content":34},"AI agents use 136x more power than chatbots, study finds","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thedailystar.net\u002Fnews\u002Ftech-startup\u002Fnews\u002Fai-agents-use-136x-more-power-chatbots-study-finds-4217171","thedailystar.net","A single complex request to an advanced AI agent consumes an average of 348.41 watt-hours of electricity, up to 136.5 times more than a simple question...",{"title":51,"url":52,"domain":53,"snippet":54,"content":34},"Advanced AI consumes 136.5x more electricity than chatbots","https:\u002F\u002Fletsdatascience.com\u002Fnews\u002Fadvanced-ai-consumes-1365x-more-electricity-than-chatbots-5964d715","letsdatascience.com","KAIST-affiliated researchers reported that agentic test-time scaling can use **62.1x-136.5x** more GPU energy per query than single-turn LLM inference.",{"title":56,"url":57,"domain":58,"snippet":59,"content":34},"AI agents 136.5 times less efficient than conventional AI","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theengineer.co.uk\u002Fcontent\u002Fnews\u002Fai-agents-1365-times-less-efficient-than-conventional-ai","theengineer.co.uk","Research has shown how AI agents can use more than 100 times the energy of conventional queries processed using gen AI.",{"title":61,"url":62,"domain":63,"snippet":64,"content":34},"AI's energy tax was already concerning. Research says AI agents are over hundred times worse","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.digitaltrends.com\u002Fcomputing\u002Fais-energy-tax-was-already-concerning-research-says-ai-agents-are-over-hundred-times-worse\u002F","digitaltrends.com","The AI industry's soaring electricity demand has already become a growing concern for governments, utilities, and technology companies.",{"title":66,"url":67,"domain":68,"snippet":69,"content":34},"AI Agents Could Consume More Than 130 Times the Energy of Chatbots, KAIST Study Finds","http:\u002F\u002Fkoreabizwire.com\u002Fai-agents-could-consume-more-than-130-times-the-energy-of-chatbots-kaist-study-finds\u002F354584","koreabizwire.com","DAEJEON, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence agents capable of independently planning tasks and using external tools may consume more than 130...",{"title":36,"url":71,"domain":38,"snippet":39,"content":34},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.koreatimes.co.kr\u002Fsouthkorea\u002F20260705\u002Fadvanced-ai-uses-1365-times-more-electricity-than-standard-chatbots-study-warns",{"title":73,"url":74,"domain":75,"snippet":76,"content":34},"AI Agents Consume 137 Times More Electricity Than Chatbots","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.chosun.com\u002Fenglish\u002Findustry-en\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F06\u002FSQBKXC7QTBFYJPXQE4GY5SU22M\u002F","chosun.com","AI Agents Consume 137 Times More Electricity Than Chatbots KAIST study highlights AI agents power demands straining data centers during complex tasks.",{"title":78,"url":79,"domain":80,"snippet":81,"content":34},"AI agents bring a steep energy cost beyond ordinary chatbots","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.earth.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-agents-bring-a-steep-energy-cost-beyond-ordinary-chatbots\u002F","earth.com","A new study has found that AI agents can use up to 136.5 times more energy per query than an ordinary chatbot handling a similar request.",{"title":83,"url":84,"domain":85,"snippet":86,"content":34},"Generative and agentic AI solutions unlock new insights for drilling","https:\u002F\u002Fdrillingcontractor.org\u002Fgenerative-and-agentic-ai-solutions-unlock-new-insights-for-drilling-78837","drillingcontractor.org","By Stephen Whitfield, Senior Editor. Over the past decade, traditional AI and machine learning technologies have already become widely adopted in the...",{"title":88,"url":89,"domain":90,"snippet":91,"content":34},"KAIST quantifies AI agents using up to 136 times more power per query","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dongascience.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002F78779","dongascience.com","A Korean research team has quantitatively analyzed, for the first time in the world, the power consumption and efficiency of AI agents.",{"title":93,"url":94,"domain":95,"snippet":96,"content":34},"Researchers identify the 'hidden energy cost' of AI agents for the first time","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nanowerk.com\u002Fnews2\u002Frobotics\u002Fnewsid=69725.php","nanowerk.com","Researchers present the first quantitative analysis of AI agents computational cost, response latency, energy consumption, and data-center-scale power...",{"title":98,"url":99,"domain":100,"snippet":101,"content":34},"AI data centers boost generator IPO outlook","https:\u002F\u002Fblockchain.news\u002Fainews\u002Fai-data-centers-boost-generator-ipo-outlook","blockchain.news","According to @CNBC, analysts expect strong upside as AI data center power needs drive new generator orders and long contracts for the recent IPO.",{"mentionsLast7Days":103,"mentionsLast30Days":103,"firstSeen":21,"lastSeen":104,"relatedEntities":105},4,"2026-07-09T02:37:53.766Z",[25,31,37,42,47,52,57,62],[107,111,114,117,120,123],{"topic":108,"slug":109,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"HSBC multi-year Google Cloud partnership to deploy AI across operations","hsbc-multi-year-google-cloud-partnership-to-deploy-ai-across-operations",100,{"topic":112,"slug":113,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"Six-layer AI agents stack between LLM and production agent","six-layer-ai-agents-stack-between-llm-and-production-agent",{"topic":115,"slug":116,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"OpenAI and Broadcom 'Jalapeño' LLM inference accelerator chip","openai-and-broadcom-jalapeno-llm-inference-accelerator-chip",{"topic":118,"slug":119,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"Qualcomm acquisition of Modular Inc for data center AI acceleration","qualcomm-acquisition-of-modular-inc-for-data-center-ai-acceleration",{"topic":121,"slug":122,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"OpenAI and Broadcom's Jalapeño LLM inference accelerator chip","openai-and-broadcom-s-jalapeno-llm-inference-accelerator-chip",{"topic":124,"slug":125,"score":110,"type":19,"country":15,"nicheIcon":14},"OpenAI banning Chinese influence operations using ChatGPT","openai-banning-chinese-influence-operations-using-chatgpt"]