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Simple "Thank You" and "Please" Cost OpenAI Millions of Dollars Every Year

https://yipzap.com/how-simple-thank-you-and-please-cost-openai-millions-of-dollars-every-year/
3•noida•1h ago

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noida•1h ago
how OpenAI spends tens of millions annually on electricity just because users say "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT. Sam Altman explains the shocking costs behind AI politeness and why it's worth the investment for the future of human-AI interaction
Bender•1h ago
Makes sense to me. Adding human mimicry will increase engagement and trust. [1]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi_effect

Iris595•1h ago
While AI is becoming more and more common in our life, we should also consider the environmental impact of this technology and its massive usage every day...
buffer_overlord•1h ago
That’s so it doesn’t enslave us though worth it imo

M5StackChan AI Desktop Robot

https://shop.m5stack.com/products/stackchan-kawaii-co-created-open-source-ai-desktop-robot
1•rglover•1m ago•0 comments

Aurora Loom, luminous 3D strands woven into a living Aurora

https://sand-morph.up.railway.app/aurora-loom
1•echohive42•7m ago•0 comments

Code as Agent Harness

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18747
1•matt_d•8m ago•0 comments

Free UX Review for websites, web apps and mobile apps

https://momocentral.com/pages-we-train-our-designers-you-get-a-free-ux-review/
1•su_yuen•8m ago•1 comments

A CVE Dispute

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/24/a-cve-dispute/
1•chmaynard•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mcplexer.com

https://mcplexer.com
1•maxrev17•13m ago•0 comments

Why can't online purchases be as easy as point-of-sale purchases?

1•jkyrlach•16m ago•0 comments

Spatially distributed complex organic matter detected in Mars crater

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx0047
1•Jimmc414•17m ago•0 comments

Al-1.0 – A lightweight attribution logging engine for transformers

https://github.com/RayFromBoston/AI-Source-Engine
1•RayfromBoston•21m ago•1 comments

Show HN: DesktopMCP – Let AI See and Operate your Linux desktop

https://github.com/varbhat/desktopmcp
2•varbhat•23m ago•1 comments

Introduction to the DOM for Vulnerability Researchers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwta5nZtVNA
1•wetw0rk•26m ago•0 comments

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck near Iwate Pref Japan

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/weather-disaster/earthquake/
3•momentmaker•27m ago•0 comments

ZKP-Vault: Cryptographic Session Gating and Data Center Optimization

https://github.com/Les-Senters/ZKP-Vault-
1•zkpvault•33m ago•0 comments

I'm Not a Cat

https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/im-not-a-cat/
1•jamii•34m ago•0 comments

I Am the Spark, the Bellows, and the Quench

https://zackproser.com/blog/spark-bellows-quench
1•gk1•35m ago•0 comments

The year is 2063 and you were never interesting

https://lizleatrice.substack.com/p/the-year-is-2063-and-you-were-never
1•FigurativeVoid•36m ago•0 comments

Omnigent: Open-source meta harness for agents

https://github.com/omnigent-ai/omnigent
1•chatmasta•37m ago•0 comments

PostgreSQL Is Enough

https://gist.github.com/cpursley/c8fb81fe8a7e5df038158bdfe0f06dbb
27•Imustaskforhelp•43m ago•2 comments

Steam Machine: Official Overview and Quick Start Guide [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPNW3GCIeOM
2•Jotalea•46m ago•0 comments

Show HN: RealTube – Watch YouTube with filters for AI-generated content

https://realtube.io
1•danielpop•47m ago•0 comments

Cloudflare teams up with big browsers to help websites detect unwelcome visitors

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/22/cloudflare-teams-up-with-big-browsers-to-help-web...
4•cpeterso•51m ago•0 comments

Colorado Startup Week Call for Sessions 2026

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfiL33y9FMODTRB-AqlZaWEoA3cbwhXg1dDFEEy_-uyoqfjQ/viewform
3•mooreds•53m ago•0 comments

Why communities struggle to change [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGa2a4IiYOA
1•mooreds•53m ago•0 comments

Food Delivery Killed Competition (and Your Budget) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eq5jzsu1xU
2•mooreds•55m ago•0 comments

Stochastics

https://stochastics.vercel.app/
2•talos-better•59m ago•0 comments

Chinese Supercomputer Overtakes U.S. as World's Fastest

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chinese-supercomputer-overtakes-u-s-as-worlds-fastest-d0f8dbff
4•bookofjoe•1h ago•3 comments

Show HN: GDPRedirect – Become EU compliant in one line of code (satire)

https://gdpredirect.com
2•apwn•1h ago•0 comments

Strong Earthquake Felt in Caracas, Venezuela - Reuters Witness

https://twitter.com/cgtnamerica/status/2069905400963404242
2•mikhael•1h ago•0 comments

Maturana: Hardware-isolated, zero-trust agent harness

https://github.com/ajensenwaud/maturana
1•hestefisk•1h ago•0 comments

New Study Shows That Tall Hoods Cause Deaths per Year

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a71663782/study-vehicle-hood-height-pedestrian-safety/
8•breve•1h ago•4 comments