Last week, an X user posted: "I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying 'please' and 'thank you' to their models." The post has been viewed 5.7 million times ...

Sam Altman on ChatGPT: If you use words like 'Please' and 'Thank You' while talking to ChatGPT, then you are not alone. But it is possible that this politeness of yours is costing OpenAI more than ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says saying “please" and “thank you" to ChatGPT costs the company “tens of millions" due to energy demands, but he believes the cost is worth it.

Users might not think that "please" and "thank you" could add much to the processing costs of ChatGPT. After all, they're only three words. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said differently.

YouGov reports that 43% of AI users globally say "please" or "thank you," with politeness highest in India and lowest in the US, Denmark, and Sweden.