Sam Altman: Saying 'please', 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI 'tens of millions of dollars'

A survey conducted in 2024 found that 67 percent of American users said they were polite to their AI assistants. Among them, 55 percent said they did it ‘because it’s the right thing to do,’ while 12 percent admitted it was to stay on good terms in case of an AI uprising.