Being polite to your AI assistant could cost millions of dollars.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that showing good manners to a ChatGPT model — such as saying “please” and “thank you” — adds up to millions of dollars in operational expenses.
Altman responded to a user on X (formerly Twitter) who asked how much the company has lost in electricity costs from people being polite to their models.
“Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know,” the CEO wrote.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/saying-please-thank-chatgpt-costs-154700459.html
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