OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s emails. ‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’
OpenAI fired back at Elon Musk, who sued the ChatGPT company last week for chasing profit and
In the emails, parts of
In a November 22, 2015, email to CEO Sam Altman, Musk, an OpenAI co-founder, said the company needed to raise much more than $100 million to “avoid sounding hopeless.” Musk suggested a $1 billion funding commitment and promised that he would cover
OpenAI in a blog post Tuesday night said Musk never followed through on his promise,
Musk, in a February 1, 2018, email, told company executives that the only path forward for OpenAI was for Tesla, his electric car company, to buy it. The company refused, and Musk left OpenAI later that year.
In December 2018, Musk emailed Altman and other executives that OpenAI would not be relevant “
“This needs billions per year immediately or forget it,” Musk emailed. “I really hope I’m wrong.”
OpenAI executives agreed. In 2019, they formed OpenAI LP, a for-profit entity that exists within the larger company’s structure. That for-profit company took OpenAI from effectively worthless to a valuation of $90 billion in just a few years — and Altman
Microsoft has since committed $13 billion in a close partnership with OpenAI.
Musk’s complaint,
Recreating Childish Drawings
Five art galleries have invited a man to exhibit recreations inspired by a series of artworks drawn by his four-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
The father
Jin said it became clear that his daughter got a lot of fun and pleasure from drawing. At one point she drew a little girl
Jin realized the potential they might have only after some of his adapted creations
Vertical Farms: Is the sky really the limit?
At a hyper-controlled indoor farm in industrial South San Francisco, four robots carefully transfer seeds from barcoded trays into 4.5-meter towers that then are hung vertically (垂直地) inside a 445 sq metre grow room. Workers in branded jumpsuits
Indoor farming raised more than $1 bn in 2021, exceeding the combined funding in 2018 and 2019. But critics say the massive energy costs
Designed to produce yields hundreds of times larger than traditional outdoor farming, vertical farms occupy spaces such as buildings or shipping containers while using 70 to 95% less water
Entrepreneurs like Irving Fain, CEO and founder of Manhattan-based Bowery Farming, say that they’re gathering knowledge about plant growth and agronomy (农学) that
In the center of Rome stands the Pantheon (万神庙) --- a temple dedicated to all gods. A mere 6,611 kilometers away, China has its own “pantheon” --- the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu province.
Mogao is a complex of caves cut out of the side of a sandstone and rock cliff that
Having been a key outpost on the ancient Silk Road for centuries, the city of Dunhuang provided shelter for tired traders along the route east to west or vice versa. And it is
When I experienced the Mogao Caves and Dunhuang for the first time, the mighty weight of history was perceivable: the artworks awe-inspiring and the stories
For many, the feeling one gets when dipping their toes in the ocean or breathing crisp mountain air is a unique experience tied to the landscape. So
Golden dunes stretch out into the distance, going up and down like the sea in a storm. Sand is whipped up by the wind and carried,
It is remarkable that many of the artworks of Mogao exist today considering the relentless power of the desert and the climate
But here is
We Britons have about 60 words for happiness: blissfulness, ecstasy, pleasure, delight...The list is as varied as it is surprising, given that we only just scraped into the top 20 happiest countries in the world this year. Finns, who
In the decade
For the fourth year running, the UK has slipped down the global happiness rankings,
In many ways, though, my admittedly luxurious stay revealed to me
Though a student’s complaint that a question is too hard might be more a matter of effort than ability, it is true
Blooms taxonomy is a long-standing cognitive framework that categorizes critical reasoning in order to help educators set more well-
There are six levels in the taxonomy that each
The goal of education is to create thinkers and doers. Bloom’s taxonomy gives a path to follow from the beginning of a concept or skill to its end, or to the point
From Passion to Structure: The Journey of Small Businesses
Wal-Mart started small. So did Microsoft. So did Apple. So did General Electric and Ford and almost every other company
At the beginning, ideas
The reason why so many small businesses fail, however, is
You only live once
Jia Ling has won the love and respect of audience with her unique comic style and unremitting efforts.
“YOLO,” which stands for “you only live once,” is the theme Jia aims
Yet, the film’s core goes
One factor for Jia’s success may be her passion for comedy. Jia graduated from Beijing’s Central Academy of Dram a in 2003. In the last 18 years she
Jia said she is not afraid of being typecast about the comedic roles. “For the moment, I don’t have the desire to star in non-comedy works. For an actor, performance should come from their heart. Besides
Jia’s impact has attracted international attention. Sony Pictures Entertainment announced on Feb. 10 that it had acquired the international distribution rights to “YOLO”.
Snow and warm hearts boost Harbin tourism
Known for its winter tourism, Harbin, the capital city of China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang, has witnessed a significant boom that has caused it to trend on social media this winter.
The number of tourists to Harbin to enjoy ice and snow activities began to increase as 2023
Harbin spared no effort
Various topics
The holiday tourism boom in Harbin might as well be
The History of Snacks
Hamburgers, sandwiches and pizza are some of the worlds’ favourite snacks, but have you ever wondered
The hamburger started life as small pieces of raw beef
People say that it was John Montague, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich,
In 1889, Queen Margherita of Italy invited chef Rafaelle Esposito from his pizzaria to visit the royal palace and