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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Being mean to ChatGPT can boost its accuracy, but scientists warn you may regret it in a new study exploring the consequences

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Bossing around an AI underling may yield better results than being polite, but that doesn’t mean a ruder tone won’t have consequences in the long run, say researchers.

A new study from Penn State, published earlier this month, found that ChatGPT’s 4o model produced better results on 50 multiple-choice questions as researchers’ prompts grew ruder. 

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