A voluntary, real-time sustainability and system-load indicator within ChatGPT

· Community Openai · Oct. 17, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
Summary
The blog post proposes 'GreenTime', a feature for ChatGPT that provides a real-time sustainability and system-load indicator aiming to help users make environmentally conscious decisions about AI usage. It outlines a concept that encourages responsible technology utilization through transparency and incentives, suggesting live indicators for system load and proposed times for non-urgent tasks based on load. The post emphasizes scientific accuracy, user choice, and a pilot study to assess effectiveness.
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