Sam Altman says polite ChatGPT users are burning millions of OpenAI dollars

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Manners are not ruining the environment: The costs of training and running artificial intelligence model are massive. Even excluding everything but electricity, AI data centers burn through over $100 million a year to process user prompts and model outputs. So, does saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT really cost OpenAI millions? Short answer: probably not. Some shocking headlines involving the costs of being polite to AI chatbots like ChatGPT have circulated over the past few days. A few examples include: Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI – TechCrunch Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions, Sam Altman says – Quartz Being nice to ChatGPT might be bad for the environment. Here's why – Laptop The news stems from an offhand comment Sam Altman made on X. It began with a simple question: How much money has OpenAI lost in electricity costs from peop ... Read full article.