Politeness to ChatGPT Costs OpenAI Tens of Millions in Energy Expenses

Being polite to ChatGPT costs OpenAI tens of millions

: Sam says it's Son's money well spent

Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI tens of millions of dollars

I don't always do it, but I do say "please" and "thank you" when talking to AI chatbots like ChatGPT. I use lots of words in those prompts, including appellatives like "Hey ChatGPT…" After all, that's the point of sophisticated AI models that understand common speech. You can tell them what you'd like them to do via conversational prompts. The AI's ability to understand the way humans talk and answer prompts in kind is the huge advancement that …

Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT costs tens of millions of dollars, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that simple courtesies such as saying "please" and "thank you" to his company's ChatGPT bot are surprisingly expensive.

It will significantly increase the company's electricity bill and it won't be very good for the environment either.

Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions, Sam Altman says

Being nice to your AI chatbot requires computational power that raises electricity and water costs

Saying ‘Thank you’ and ‘Please’ to ChatGPT can cost it millions of dollars, reveals Sam Altman

Altman admitted that this simple act of courtesy is costing the company tens of millions of dollars. His exact words? “Tens of millions of dollars well spent.”