However, Google DeepMind principal scientist Murray Shanahan has a slightly different take on the matter, claiming that saying 'please' or 'thank you' to an AI can actually make it more productive.

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 ...

But some fear the cost of not saying please or thank you could be higher. By Sopan Deb The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial ...

If you find yourself saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT, you're not alone—and you might be costing OpenAI more than you think. A recent comment by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that ...

Sometimes, it’s purely about manners. If you grew up in a home where politeness was paramount—like always saying “please” and “thank you” even if you were just passing the salt—then ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on social media last week that saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost the company quite a bit of money. Altman responded to a user on X, the platform ...

or “Thank you!” to chatbot prompts. Someone posted on social platform X last week: “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank ...

Adding “please” in prompts will inevitably lengthen the commands. The same goes for saying “thank you” when you’re happy with the AI’s work. That prompt will generate processing costs ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said polite prompts to ChatGPT come with real energy costs. He estimated that courtesy adds up to "tens of millions of dollars" in electricity. Experts say polite language ...

What a relief. The range of attitudes is conflicting and confusing. There are other ways to express gratitude Saying thank you can take many forms and shouldn't be prescriptive. There's so much ...

Learn More. If you’ve ever typed “please” or “thank you” into ChatGPT, you’re not alone — and you might be driving up OpenAI’s power bill. Just ask OpenAI CEO and tech billionaire ...