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.

"I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying 'please' and 'thank you' to their models," tomie said on X. "Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never ...

But Maybe It’s Worth the Price. Adding words to our chatbot can apparently cost tens of millions of dollars. But some fear the cost of not saying please or thank you could be higher.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that simple courtesies such as saying “please” and “thank you” to his company’s ChatGPT bot are surprisingly expensive — costing the firm substantial ...