Business Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT costs tens of millions of dollars, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits By Ariel Zilber Published April 21, 2025, 10:46 a.m. ET ...

More recently, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman jokingly shared some insight about how much electricity ChatGPT consumes when people give a courteous "please and thank you" while interacting with the company ...

OpenAI CEO says saying "Please" or "Thank You" to ChatGPT costs the company 'Tens of millions of dollars' A Future survey found that roughly 70% of people are polite to AI ...

The Post also estimates that ChatGPT roughly one bottle of water to write a 100-word email, which means that even polite phrases like “please” and “thank you” contribute to water loss.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs his company 'millions of dollars' in electricity bills in a recent response to a question posed on X. This is ...

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.

Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price. Adding words to our chatbot can apparently cost tens of millions of dollars.

Saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost OpenAI "tens of millions of dollars," the company's CEO said on social media last week.

Every time you ask ChatGPT to polish a cover letter, brainstorm a lesson plan or revamp your dating bio, you're tapping into a system that could be racking up costs of around $700,000 (£525,999 ...

Saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost OpenAI "tens of millions of dollars," the company's CEO said on social media last week.

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.