According to the Goldman Sachs report, each ChatGPT-4 request requires about 2.9 watt hours of electricity, i.e. about 10 times the standard Google search. When the OpenAI handle more than a billion queries a day, it translates into daily energy consumption of about 2.9 million kilowatt hours.
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Saying "thank you" and "please" ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions of dollars, says Sam Altman
Altman himself revealed the scope of operating costs after a social media user was considering operating costs.
Saying "thank you" and "please" ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions of dollars, says Sam Altman
Altman himself revealed the scope of operating costs after a social media user was considering operating costs.
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20 April 2025 16:17
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, says that kindness costs his company quite a few time.
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, revealed that the courtesy of users towards ChatGPT costs his company millions of dollars. Users saying phrases specified as "please" and "thank you" at the end of their queries, additionally charged computing systems, leading to increased operating costs.
Altman revealed a scope of operating costs after user X (formerly Twitter) innocently wondered about the price of being polite to artificial intelligence models (AI).
"How much money has OpenAI lost on electricity costs from people saying "please" and "thank you" to their models," wrote the user.
When the post became viral, Altman replied, "Ten million dollars well spent".
He added, "You never know."
Responding to Mr. Altman's statement, 1 user said, "I feel that this can be solved very easy with a code on the client side, responding to the question "there's no request for lol."
Another added, "If they truly wanted to save on electricity, they would halt ending all answer with a question."
20 April 2025 16:17
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, says that kindness costs his company quite a few time.
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, revealed that the courtesy of users towards ChatGPT costs his company millions of dollars. Users saying phrases specified as "please" and "thank you" at the end of their queries, additionally charged computing systems, leading to increased operating costs.
Altman revealed a scope of operating costs after user X (formerly Twitter) innocently wondered about the price of being polite to artificial intelligence models (AI).
"How much money has OpenAI lost on electricity costs from people saying "please" and "thank you" to their models," wrote the user.
When the post became viral, Altman replied, "Ten million dollars well spent".
He added, "You never know."
Responding to Mr. Altman's statement, 1 user said, "I feel that this can be solved very easy with a code on the client side, responding to the question "there's no request for lol."
Another added, "If they truly wanted to save on electricity, they would halt ending all answer with a question."
