Want better ChatGPT responses? Try this surprising trick, researchers say

AI Chatbots Give You Better Answers When You’re Mean to Them

According to a new Penn State study, you might get better results from ChatGPT if you talk to it like a a—hole boss instead of a friendly coworker. Researchers found that the chatbot’s 4o model performed up to four percentage points better on a set of 50 multiple-choice questions when the prompts were phrased rudely. One of the highlights of these kinds of studies is always the way the researchers chose to phrase the prompts. These are actual, l…

Want better ChatGPT responses? Try this surprising trick, researchers say

A study by researchers from Penn State University found that rude prompts garnered more accurate results than did polite ones.