OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has revealed that merely being polite to ChatGPT might be costing “tens of millions of dollars” in extra computing resources. When asked much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying “please” and “thank you” to their AI models, Altman responded: “tens of millions of dollars well spent. You never know.” tens of millions of dollars well spent–you never know — Sam Altman (@sama) April 16, 2025 Every word sent to ChatGPT – even common courtesies – requires additional processing power. Even seemingly small interactions add up quickly across billions of conversations, driving up…