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Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI | TechCrunch

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds to a user's question about how much electricity it costs to be polite to AI chatbots.

Microsoft Copilot director Kurt Beavers says polite language sets a tone for the response of an AI model.

Beavers: When a model “clocks politeness, it’s more likely to be politeness back.

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66

Informative language

57

Neutral language

95

Article tone

informal

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English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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