Using The Words 'Please' And 'Thank You' To ChatGPT Makes OpenAI Lose Millions Of Dollars

OpenAI loses because users are polite (photo: dock. unsplash)

JAKARTA When giving orders to ChatGPT, many users are polite by using the words 'help' and 'thank you'. Apparently, these words made OpenAI lose millions of dollars.

As a Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot, ChatGPT will carry out any orders submitted by its users, even without help or gratitude. In fact, all statements submitted by users require energy.

So, the use of the word 'help' or 'thank you' is considered a waste of energy. Unfortunately, not many people know that the use of these two words has emitted extra energy. The more energy spent, the greater the cost.

Therefore, one of the ChatGPT users asked about this loss. He was curious about the extra money that OpenAI spent because its users often used the word 'help' and 'thank you' when using ChatGPT.

"I was wondering how much money was lost from OpenAI due to the electricity costs incurred by people who say 'help' and 'thank you' to their model," wrote an account named Tomie on X, quoted on Thursday, April 24.

This question was directly responded to by the CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman. OpenAI Sam Altman openly said that his company had to spend tens of millions of dollars just because of the two words.

However, Altman doesn't seem to mind the money. When he leaked the money his company spent, although not in a specific nominal, Altman said that the money was 'used properly'.

Altman seems to believe that decency is not a problem even if his company is harmed. It is evident from OpenAI that never prohibits its users from saying the two words. It can also develop good habits for humans.