{"id":152419,"date":"2026-06-03T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152419"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:00:09","slug":"want-to-save-the-planet-stop-being-so-polite-to-ai-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152419","title":{"rendered":"Want to save the planet? Stop being so polite to AI chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSkipping pleasantries like \u201cplease\u201d and \u201cthank you\u201d when talking to chatbots could save enough energy to power the annual needs of 760,000 residents in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the massive but often hidden environmental toll of artificial intelligence, according to a new UN report.<br \/>\nReleased by the Institute for Water, Environment and Health under the United Nations University, the UN\u2019s academic arm, the study published on Wednesday also warned that the true cost of AI extended far beyond&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3355819\/want-save-planet-stop-being-so-polite-ai-chatbots?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostSkipping pleasantries like \u201cplease\u201d and \u201cthank you\u201d when talking to chatbots could save enough energy to power the annual needs of 760,000 residents in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}