More American businesses are starting to use artificial intelligence(AI)tools to come up with new ideas and to deal with customers.
Mattel is known for making children’s toys. The company recently used an AI image generator (生成器) called DALL-E to come up with ideas for new Hot Wheels toy cars. The used vehicle seller CarMax is using ChatGPT to gather thousands of customer comments. The social media service Snapchat has added a chatbot (聊天机器人) to its messaging service. And Instacart, a delivery service, now uses ChatGPT to answer food questions. Even the Coca-Cola company plans to use AI to help create new marketing content. It has not said exactly how it plans to use the technology. But the move shows that businesses are under pressure to use the tools that many of their employees and customers are already trying on their own.
Some experts warn that businesses should carefully consider possible harms to customers, society, and their own companies before choosing to use AI tools in the workplace. Chaire Leibowicz works at The Partnership on AI, a nonprofit group. The group recently released recommendations for companies producing AI- generated images, audio and other media. “I want people to think deeply before deploying this technology” Leibowicz said. “They should play around. . . but we should also think, what purpose are these tools serving in the first place?”
While text generators like ChatGPT can make the process of writing emails and marketing documents faster and easier, they also appear to present misinformation as fact. And image generators like DALL-E are trained in copying widely available digital art and photography. This has raise copyright(版权)concerns from the creators of those works.
“It is safer to use AI tools as a ‘thought partner’ but still people as the creator of final products,” said Anna Gressel. She works at the law company Debevoise & Plimpton, which advises businesses on how to use AI.
1. Which company made creative products with Al tools’ help?A.Instacart | B.Matel | C.CarMax | D.Snapchat |
A.People rely too much on technology in their daily life. |
B.AI tools are widely used to help businesses grow. |
C.AI tools have an effect on improving business conditions. |
D.Customers are more and more connected online. |
A.presenting confidently | B.promoting successfully |
C.debating publicly | D.applying effectively |
A.AI tools should just be humans’ assistants. |
B.The use of AI tools should be forbidden. |
C.A business should partner with a law company. |
D.Copyright concerns are unnecessary |
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【推荐1】Searching Venus’ sky
From the moon to Mars, scientists have been hunting for alien life in the solar system for decades.
However, Venus was not regarded as an ideal place because of its hot temperature and dry atmosphere.
But a recent discovery of traces of a gas in the clouds of Venus has excited astronomers, as it may serve as a potential sign of life.
On Sept 14, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada announced that scientists have detected phosphine(磷化氢) in the clouds of Venus. Phosphine is a colorless, toxic(有毒的)gas that has an odor of garlic. Though toxic, it is viewed as a possible sign of life because on Earth the gas is made by microorganisms that live in oxygen-free environments.
“I was very surprised - stunned, in fact,” astronomer Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in Wales and lead author of the research, told MSN. “There is a chance that we have detected some kind of living organism in the clouds of Venus.”
This layer of clouds is about 48 kilometers above the Venus surface, with its temperature ranging from 30 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit (about -1 to 93℃). Scientists have speculated that if life exists on Venus, this cloud deck(云盖)is likely the only place where it would survive.
Scientists went through every possibility that could have led to the formation of phosphine gas in Venus’ clouds, including volcanoes, lightning strikes, small meteorites(陨石)falling into the atmosphere. But they ruled all of them out. It was concluded that there is no explanation for the existence of this gas in Venus’ clouds, other than the presence of life, USA Today reported.
Although the detection of phosphine is not robust(强有力的)evidence for life, this finding is great enough to change scientists’ view on Venus, which is thought to be a completely inhospitable planet.
What signs of life we looking for?
1. Liquid water: It can dissolve a huge range of molecules needed for life and facilitate their chemical reactions.
2. Mild temperatures: Temperatures higher than 122 C will destroy most complex organic molecules, and make it almost impossible for carbon-based life to form.
1. What is the text mainly about?A.A newly detected gas may indicate possible existence of life on Venus. |
B.Scientists found the most hospitable place on Venus. |
C.The environment on Venue changed in favor of life. |
D.Phosphine formed on Venus means alien life is present. |
A.It has no smell at all. | B.It only exists on Venus. |
C.It can be produced by microorganisms. | D.It is a sign of the existence of oxygen. |
A.Various living organisms have been detected on Venus. |
B.The higher the cloud is above Venus, the warmer it is. |
C.The cloud deck is rich in phosphine. |
D.If life exists on Venus, it is likely in the cloud deck. |
A.It could be formed as a result of the falling of meteorites. |
B.It could be a sign that there is life in Venus’ clouds. |
C.It could be caused by volcanoes and lighting strikes. |
D.It proves that Venus is another hospitable planet. |
【推荐2】When I was a kid, I used to spend hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night radio show Loveline. I listened so often that I began to use one of their well-known phrases — “good times” — in my daily conversations. Scientists have a name for this phenomenon: behavioral mimicry.
You’ve probably experienced this before: after spending enough time with another person, you might start to pick up on his or her behavior or speech habits. You might even start to develop your friend’s habits without realizing it. There is a large body of literature concerning this sort of phenomenon, and it regularly happens for everything from body gesture to accents to drink patterns (模式). For example, one study found that young adults were more likely to drink their drink directly after their same-sex drinking partners, than for the two individuals to drink at their own paces.
And the effect isn’t limited to real-life face-to-face activities. Another study found that the same you-drink-then-I-drink pattern held even when watching a movie! In other words, people were more likely to take a drink of their drinks in a theater after watching the actors on the screen enjoy a drink. At least I don’t feel so strange anymore, having picked up on Adam Carolla’s “good times”.
New research published today in the journal PLOS ONE indicates that the same sort of behavioral mimicry is responsible for social eating, at least among university-age women of normal weight. That’s right: the young women were more likely to adjust their eating according to the eating pace of their same-sex dining companion.
As with most experiments, these results raise a whole new set of questions. However, the finding that behavioral mimicry may at least partly explain eating behavior is important, and has real effects on health. The researchers note that “as long as people don’t fully recognize such important influences on intake (eating), it will be difficult to make healthy food choices and keep a healthy diet, especially when people are exposed to the eating behavior of others”.
1. The author takes his own example of using “good times” to_______.A.show the influence of the hosts’ words | B.express his love for radio shows |
C.prove the popularity of the show | D.introduce the topic of the passage |
A.behavioral mimicry is beneficial to our health |
B.behavioral mimicry decides our eating behavior |
C.people have realized the effect of behavioral mimicry on our health |
D.It’s impossible to keep a healthy diet without knowing behavioral mimicry |
A.To introduce behavioral mimicry and its influence. |
B.To appeal to readers not to fall into others’ habits. |
C.To advocate healthy food choices among readers. |
D.To draw readers’ attention to popular radio shows. |
The site attracts 78 million visitors every month, and it is available in more than 270 different languages. It’s one of the most comprehensive (综合的) resources available, and it’s got much more information than an ordinary encyclopedia. The site is updated on a daily basis by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with an Internet connection can look through and edit the contents or add a new page at any time. And you don’t need any formal training.
Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who check for false information. And main targets for horrible comments (such as politicians) are forbidden to public editing. But with more than 16 million articles to keep an eye on, it isn’t easy. So, while Wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it’s also open to “vandals”(故意捣乱者).
Some of the damage is easy to notice. Someone drew horns and a moustache on Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ photo. But other things are harder to spot. The most common form of vandalism involves adding tiny items of false information into the biography of a famous person. Unbelievably, some of this misinformation has appeared in newspapers, withThe Daily Mail, The GuardianandThe Independentall having fallen victim to the tricks. For example, in an obituary (讣告) for British comedian Sir Norman Wisdom, one newspaper claimed that he co-wrote Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime song “There’ll be Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover”. In fact, he did no such thing.
So if you’re going to use any information from Wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.
1. What do we know about Wikipedia?
A.It makes profits from its users. |
B.It is run by the Hawaiian government. |
C.It provides a huge amount of information. |
D.It is the most popular website worldwide. |
A.78 million people visit Wiki each day |
B.To forbid wrong public editings is quite easy |
C.Formal education is needed to do editing for Wifi |
D.Some people change the information on Wiki just for fun |
A.Wikipedia sometimes contains false information |
B.some newspapers likeThe Guardianare irresponsible |
C.Norman Wisdom is unpopular with some people |
D.Wikipedia affects people’s lives greatly |
A.To look through Wikipedia frequently. |
B.To update Wikipedia on a daily basis. |
C.To turn to other websites for valid information. |
D.To be careful when using the information from Wikipedia. |
【推荐1】With artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technology improving at impressive rates, there are some who worry that there’s a risk of artistic and creative people being replaced. A new study by the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology, however, is showing exactly why that can’t and shouldn’t happen. It all started when the South Korean company posed this question: Can robots replace conductors?
Over a year ago, work to develop automaton (自动化) began. At first, it was designed like a machine, and didn’t live up to expectations. Then the company sought ways to improve it. In the end, it was given two arms with joints to copy wrists and elbows, allowing it to move a stick similarly to how a human conductor would move it. It was named the EverR 6 robot, and stands at 1.8 meters. It was finally time to figure out how it could follow through on its musical role.
“We got involved in this project to see how far robots can go in more creative fields like the arts, and what the challenges are,” Dong-wook Lee, a senior researcher at the Korean Institute of Industrial Technology said.
In order to pull this off, Dong-wook Lee cooperated with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. The 12-minute piece they planned to perform, “Feel” by Il-hoon Son, was created specifically for this event. It was created with the strengths of both EverR 6 and the human conductor, Soo-yeol Choi, in mind.
To pull off this impressive performance, the robot was preprogrammed to conduct through 30 cycles of beat patterns. Meanwhile, it was up to the human conductor to lead the orchestra in creating an improvisational (即兴的) score, adding depth to the otherwise planned piece.
Together, they pulled off a masterful performance that the audience seemed more than happy to have had the opportunity to witness it firsthand!
With the concert having gone so well, this is only the start of EverR 6. Still, no matter the improvements they’re able to make to this Android robot, the human conductor isn’t concerned about being replaced.
“Let’s leave the accuracy to the robots,” Soo-yeol Choi said, “but the musical and artistic aspects to a human conductor.”
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A.The function of the EverR 6 robot. |
B.The development of the EverR 6 robot. |
C.The EverR 6 robot’s role as a conductor. |
D.The difficulty in designing the EverR 6 robot. |
A.It is a piece familiar to the audience. |
B.It is a piece showing the human-robot cooperation. |
C.It is the only piece that EverR 6 will perform. |
D.It is a piece requiring great ability to conduct. |
A.He corrected the robot’s mistakes. |
B.He programmed the EverR 6 robot. |
C.He led the improvisational section of the performance. |
D.He was the main conductor of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. |
A.Unclear. | B.Uncaring. | C.Supportive. | D.Doubtful. |
【推荐2】It is a strange coincidence(巧合) that as humanity attempts to greatly reduce its carbon emissions(排放), it is also rushing to develop a technology that could, in theory, consume an unlimited amount of energy.
Doing things against facts is a dangerous game, but you can picture a world in which, having chosen to start dealing with climate change properly in the 1990s, we would be just wrapping up the gentle path to net-zero emissions in time for a rapid AI increase fuelled by green power. Instead, we find ourselves at risk of running a 21st-century technology on a 20th-century energy supply.
If you live in the US, every time you use an AI model, around 20 per cent of the electricity required will be produced by burning coal. The explosive growth of AI makes this an even more pressing concern. According to one analysis, if Google chose to shift to an entirely AI-powered search business, its electricity consumption could match that of some countries.
Such estimates may be magnified, but evidence of rising power consumption from AI is all around. Microsoft is placing bets on nuclear plants to power its data centres, while the English government has promised to boost its national computing capacity by 50 per cent by 2025, which would help it keep pace with rapid AI developments in the world.
Thankfully, we may soon reach a turning point. As is reported, this year the global power department came close to reaching peak greenhouse gas emissions, as the switch from fossil(化石) fuels to clean and renewable sources is well underway. The question now is whether we can quicken the pace of decarbonisation (脱碳) to match the coming growth in energy consumption as AI becomes increasingly rooted in our society. Silicon Valley’s intelligent machines may grab the headlines and the imagination, but the people really inventing the future are working in the energy department.
1. What can we learn from paragraph 2?A.Carbon emissions have been reduced a lot. |
B.The reality is far from what we expected. |
C.The rapid AI increase brings many benefits. |
D.Climate change poses a threat to green electricity supply. |
A.More AI models mean burning more coal. |
B.Many countries turn to nuclear plants for power. |
C.There is a lack of ban on tech-giants’ electricity consumption. |
D.Google’s electricity consumption equals that of some countries. |
A.Overstated. | B.Undervalued. | C.Common. | D.Reasonable. |
A.Shifting to a fully AI-powered search business. |
B.Achieving net-zero emissions as soon as possible. |
C.Balancing energy-hungry AI with decarbonisation. |
D.Creating an unlimited energy-consuming technology. |
【推荐3】The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has to recall hundreds of foods every year. Like cookie snack packs with pieces of blue plastic hiding inside, dressing and sauce containing salmonella (沙门氏菌) or various jams containing with lead (铅).
It can take a few months before a recall is issued. But now researchers have come up with a method that might fast-track that process, leading to early detection and, ultimately, faster recalls. The AI system relies on the fact that people increasingly buy foods and spices online. And people tend to write reviews of products they buy online, which are like bread crumbs (包屑) to food-safety officials sniffing (嗅) out dangerous products.
The researchers linked FDA food recalls from 2012 to 2014 to amazon reviews of those same products. They then trained machine-learning algorithms (算法) to distinguish between reviews for recalled items and reviews for items that had not been flagged. And the trained algorithms were able to predict FDA recalls three quarters of the time. They also identified another 20, 000 reviews for possibly unsafe foods, most of which had never been recalled. The results are published in Journal of the American Medical In formatics Association.
The World Health Organization estimates that 600 million people worldwide get sick annually from polluted food, and more than 400,000 people die from it. “Sohaving tools that enable us to detect this a lot faster and hopefully investigate and do recalls faster will be useful not just in the U. S. but in other countries around the world as well.” Study author Elaine Nsoesie of Boston University. She did add one warning even recalled products can still get five-star reviews. So stars alone don’t tell the whole sickening story. The proof unfortunately, may still be in the pudding.
1. What will help Fda recall unsafe foods faster than before?A.Efforts of food-safety officials |
B.Lots of online reviews of products |
C.New measures of food-safety officials. |
D.Online reviews of the polluted foods |
A.By describing facts. | B.By giving examples |
C.By analyzing data. | D.By making comparisons. |
A.Tolerant | B.Skeptical | C.Ambiguous. | D.approval |
A.AI Sniffs out Unsafe Foods |
B.FDA Detects Unsafe foods |
C.AI Helps FDA Judge Reviews |
D.FDA Develops System of Judging Reviews |