digital etiquette

  1. Windows 11 Gets Freedom to Control Voice Typing Profanity Filter — What You Need to Know

    For years, Windows users have encountered a curious form of digital etiquette: an ever-watchful profanity filter embedded within the voice typing feature of Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you attempted to dictate anything even vaguely resembling a swear word, the result was almost always a parade...
  2. The Hidden Costs of Being Polite to AI: Environmental and Efficiency Impacts

    In the digital age, where artificial intelligence (AI) has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, a peculiar question arises: Does saying "please" and "thank you" to AI like ChatGPT come with hidden costs? Recent data suggests that our courteous interactions may have more significant...
  3. Are Polite AI Interactions Costing You and OpenAI Money? The Hidden Price of Digital Courtesy

    It was a harmless enough question, tossed into the abyss of Twitter (now X—the artist formerly known as Delectable Hellsite) with the casual curiosity only the internet can foster: How much electricity—and by extension, cold hard cash—has OpenAI lost, simply because people can’t resist typing...