UK government tells civil servants to skip "thank you" to AI to save energy
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-26
The UK government's official AI guidance instructs civil servants to use Gemini Flash instead of Pro, keep prompts short, and not say "thank you" to the model — for environmental reasons. Critics argue this reflects the wrong fork in the road: writing rules on using less AI rather than using it to automate work.
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