Speaking politely to AI reveals deep human instincts — from cognitive shortcuts to seeing minds where none exist. Courtesy shapes better interactions, but the "ghost" in the machine is only a ...

So perhaps it should come as no surprise that, when faced with one of those (far less charming) AI customer support bots ...

Many of the Catholics he counseled were much younger, but he made a habit of trying to meet them where they were.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs his company 'millions of dollars' in ...

Teacher Emily Perkins advises parents to teach their children to respect the word “No” before they enter kindergarten.

OpenAI spends tens of millions on electricity costs from users being polite to ChatGPT. A recent survey shows most AI users say "please" and "thank you" to chatbots.

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Adding words to our chatbot can apparently cost tens of millions of dollars. But some fear the cost of not saying please or ...