ChatGPT performs better when you’re rude to it but researchers warn that there’s a catch

AI chatbots like ChatGPT respond more accurately when users are rude to them, a new study claims. However, researchers warn that the approach could create harmful communication habits. According to a report by Fortune, researchers at the Pennsylvania State University tested ChatGPT’s 4o model on 50 multiple-choice questions, using over 250 prompts ranging from very polite to very rude. They found that “very rude” prompts achieved 84.8% accuracy, which was four percentage points higher than “very polite” prompts.