Afghanistan, April 21 -- A new and unexpected revelation is turning heads in the tech world: your polite conversations with artificial intelligence-such as saying "please" or "thank you" to ChatGPT-could be quietly driving up electricity use and operational costs.
According to a report by ZubLink, a U.S.-based digital marketing and technology company that tracks innovation trends, the way people naturally interact with AI may have surprising consequences. Though the gestures of politeness seem harmless or even thoughtful, they are technically adding extra load to the AI systems powering platforms like ChatGPT.
The topic recently caught public attention after a social media exchange on X (formerly Twitter), where a user casually questioned...