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I start my ChatGPT questions with "be concise." It cuts down on the noise and gets me the reply I want faster.



I wonder if they are goosing their revenue and usage numbers by defaulting to more verbose replies - I could see them easily pumping token output usage by +50% with some of the responses I get back.




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