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OpenAI releases “not fully reliable” tool to detect AI generated content
ChatGPT has been creating waves across the internet with its writing ability and responses to requests. The use of ChatGPT has been full of
OpenAI, the research laboratory behind ChatGPT, has released a tool designed to
The tool could be useful in cases where AI was used for “
“Our classifier’s reliability
Since ChatGPT was opened up to public
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Attraction of the Minions
When it comes to film, people usually favor good over evil, focus on the hero and ignore the supporting characters. But when it comes to the Minions, these conventions (惯例) go right out of the window.
Originally comedic
This summer the characters featured in their own self-titled movie in theaters abroad,
So what makes the banana-loving Minions a big hit? For many, the
But there’s more to the phenomenon than just cuteness. US entertainment website Hit Fix explains that their way of communicating makes the creatures
More importantly, their childlike mannerism is a(n)
They desire nothing more than to serve their most despicable master. And this evil characteristic arouses
A. labour B. manner C. highlighting D. circumstances E. updated F. characterised G. integrated H. admirable I. accommodate J. overseeing K. flexible |
The house of the future? A sun-filled, shape-shifting, shed-share paradise
What will homes be like 10 years from now? Judging by the winners of the Home of 2030 competition, sharing will be key.
Shared home-working spaces, communal garden sheds and houses built using apps—these are just some of the ideas in the winning proposals for the government’s Home of 2030 competition to develop prototype “homes fit for the future”,
“You can’t get much more
Her team’s scheme imagines a terraced (排房的) housing type made from two standard components, a base unit and a loft, joined with “connector” pieces, taking into account multiple configurations (布局) over time as family
Built off-site to demanding Passivhaus standards, with a twin wall timber frame, the homes would be
As is so often the case with blue-sky (纯理论的) ideas competitions, the ambitions of the Home of 2030 winning teams are
A. address B. challenges C. imaging D. monitor E. navigate F. operations G. respond H. setting I. short J. successive K. worth |
Satellites Can Help Us Fight Climate Change
At the beginning of 2021, President Joe Biden exclaimed that “science is back” as we continued our efforts to
Recently the Interior Department’s U.S. Geological Survey assumed
I attended the historic launch of Landsat 9 in California. It was nothing
All around the globe, scientists are using Landsat and other imagery to interpret what is happening on Earth today and to compare it with the 50 years’
This science-based program and those like it across federal agencies are powerful tools in our efforts to responsibly manage our resources. Their prioritization helps to demonstrate the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to lead with science. So, too, the resources provided through the president’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act will be key to the development of longer-term sustainability measures as we
Landsat NEXT is the upcoming mission we will develop with NASA to power better science and decision-making for the next 50 years. Science is indeed
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7. It’s hard to change your
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9. Good traditions of the family have been handed down from one
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Make a Wish List
Most of us know of New Year’s Resolutions, where one sets intentions for the year ahead. But too often, people make their resolutions
So instead, try a wish list. This involves writing down 100 things you would like to do in the year ahead. The items can be enormous or tiny, ranging from “Climb Everest” to “buy a new pencil sharper”. The main thing is that at some point it has
The key here is — write it down.
Do you feel any resistance to the ideas? If so, ask yourself why. What is wrong with
It helps to be
Finally, you have your list. And what a work of beauty it is. Here are all the things that you would like to do. Remember to
A. community B. emerging C. address D. effortlessly E. vehicle F. encouraged I. challenge G. noticeably H. welcoming J. prioritized K. lack |
The Power of Poetry
“Thank you for leading us to these places of comfort,” one participant said. “It helped me feel connected to a greater sense of being, which is so needed during these times.” Her words echoed (和……共鸣) many of the participants’ feelings in Finding Comfort, the first installment of the Hope Storytelling Project.
We were inspired to create the project, a series of virtual poetry workshops held in partnership with the Cambridge Public Library and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, for a simple reason: to create
In this time of social isolation and uncertainty, the need for meaningful connections is more apparent than ever. The longer the pandemic continues, we, as a nation, are quickly realizing how there is a(n)
One of the most powerful and simple ways of dealing with emotional issues is communicating and listening to others with our undivided attention and open minds. Therefore, in designing the Hope Storytelling Project, we
In our first workshop, participants shared childhood stories, memories about loved ones, and about the things they missed, such as hiking, going to work or simply hugging a friend. In the span of an hour, the virtual space felt
It is time to recognize how powerful creative expression, through mediums such as poetry, can be in times of despair, and we believe all aspects of poetry—reading, writing and sharing—can serve as an incredible cure for loneliness. In times like these, poetry will
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Protecting friendship
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For the last 50 years, giant pandas from China have captured the hearts of people in the US.
A “Pandaversary Night” party was
“Giant pandas are worthy ambassadors. They have much longer tenures (任期) than each of the Chinese ambassadors here, and they have many more fans than us,” Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang said at the reception. “Year by year, giant pandas have become an icon of mutual
He was referring to the cub’s birth in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic,
The ambassador noted that the number of giant pandas in the wild in China has increased from several hundred 50 years ago to more than 1,800, which meant the species is no longer “endangered”, thanks to unrelenting (持续的) efforts at protection and conservation.
“But sadly, ‘panda-huggers’ are endangered. Now they need protection and conservation,” he said, in
“China’s approach to panda diplomacy has
In addition to Xiao Qi Ji, another panda – Kung Fu Panda – was also made in the US. “I still remember a/an
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