After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke at the VivaTech conference in Paris, France, a statement, allegedly made during the event took to social media by storm.

The claim: People shared posts claiming that Bezos had spoken about Artificial Intelligence needing to be prioritised for water consumption over people, sparking outrage at this alleged statement.

  • One of AI’s biggest criticisms has been about its use of freshwater for cooling its data centres and indirectly generating the massive amounts of electricity it runs on, as researchers found in 2025.