Do you always say "Please" and "Thank you" when conversing with artificial intelligence chatbots? It turns out that that simple act of politeness is expensive, but it may prove to be money well spent ...

If you’ve ever caught yourself saying “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT, you’re in good company. In an informal online survey by Ethan Mollick, an associate professor at the University of ...

Being polite to artificial intelligence can be quite expensive. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on social media last week that saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT has cost the company quite a bit of ...

Many shoppers believe they are helping when they wave someone ahead in line, move a cart out of the way, or chat with the cashier. To the people waiting behind them, those small courtesies can drag ...