Cut the words “please” and “thank you” from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet. The idea sounds plausible because AI ...

Richard Morris is the co-founder of Kirini Ltd, a nature-based solutions consultancy. He receives funding from Lincoln University. Cut the words “please” and “thank you” from your next ChatGPT query ...

Related: OpenAI launches GPT-5, its first flagship update to the ChatGPT model in years The idea that using polite language like “please” and “thank you” in AI prompts significantly impacts energy ...

The popularity of the “please” myth is therefore less a mistake than a signal. People sense AI has a footprint, even if the language to describe it is still emerging. Photo: Daniel CHETRONI / 123RF ...

The effect of a few extra words is negligible compared with the energy required to run data centres, writes Richard Morris Cut the words “please” and “thank you” from your next ChatGPT query and, if ...

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It is a stretch to suggest that treating ChatGPT politely comes at significant environmental cost. The effect of a few extra words is negligible compared with the energy required to operate the ...

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If chivalry isn't already dead, it's certainly circling the drain. OpenAI CEO and tech billionaire Sam Altman recently admitted that people politely saying "please" and "thank you" to their AI ...

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 sums in electricity ...