Generative AI uses more energy on non-English text, and often gives less accurate answers. Generating text in non-English languages can take anywhere from 1.4 to 180 times more energy than English, with most Western European languages at twice the energy or less. Hindi and Bengali, each spoken by hundreds of millions of people, need 7.9 and 15.3 times more energy than an equivalent English prompt. The gap is largest in languages that don't use Latin script and have less digital content for training. The languages that consume more energy also tend to have lower accuracy.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.