News Summary

OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, has revealed that polite interactions with AI chatbots, such as saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, are costing the company tens of millions of dollars. Each polite message triggers a computational process, resulting in significant energy and water usage. As AI chatbot usage rises, the environmental concerns related to energy and water consumption have become more pronounced. Strategies like building AI data centers in colder regions are being explored to mitigate these issues.