Why Being Polite to ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI Millions and Wasting Electricity
- Posted on April 22, 2025
- By PC Mag
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Why Being Polite to ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI Millions and Wasting Electricity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman estimates that users saying 'please' and 'thank you' to the chatbot costs 'tens of millions of dollars,' but he says it's worth it.