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Why Saying Please and Thank You to AI Chatbots Is Good for You

The DeepSeek and ChatGPT artificial intelligence free apps on a mobile phone.

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Hi, it’s Janice in Johannesburg, where I’ve recently been reminded that having good manners matters. But first...

I raised my 12-year-old son so that he always says his please and thank yous. He’s so well-mannered that he now even utters those magic words to chatbots.