Politeness to ChatGPT Costs OpenAI Tens of Millions in Energy Expenses

Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price. - Overpasses For America

The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial, after all. But Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, recently shed light on the cost of adding an extra “Please!” or “Thank you!” to chatbot prompts. Someone posted on X last week: “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models…

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Every time a person includes a “please” or a “thank you” in his consultations with a chatbot, he contributes, unknowingly, to the increase in the energy consumption of artificial intelligence systems. According to OpenAI Executive Director Sam Altman, these courtesy gestures have generated electrical expenses for tens of millions of dollars. However, he assured that that money was used justifiably.ChatGPT's high environmental cost: How much wate…