ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI CEO ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/sam-altman” target=”_blank”>Sam Altman recently confirmed that seemingly harmless social niceties like “please” and “thank you” are contributing to substantial energy expenses for the company. Responding to a user on X who wondered about the electricity cost incurred by polite language in interactions with ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/chatgpt” target=”_blank”>ChatGPT, Altman replied that it amounts to “tens of millions of dollars well spent.” The remark, though light-hearted, underlined the real cost associated with each word processed by the AI system.
Altman’s comment sparked a conversation about the way…
