2023年经济学人 Open AI重新任命奥特曼为首席执行官

Open AI重新任命奥特曼为首席执行官

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Open AI reinstated Sam Altman as chief executive, just days after he was ousted¹, and created a new board of directors. 就在山姆·奥特曼被解职几天后，Open AI重新任命他为首席执行官，并组建了新的董事会。

The turmoil² at the startup that developed the ChatGPT chatbot shook the artificial-intelligence industry. 这家开发ChatGPT聊天机器人的初创公司的混乱震动了人工智能行业。

The reasons behind the sacking are still unclear, but are thought to have reflected a disagreement over the speed of the AI revolution. 解雇背后的原因尚不清楚，不过，据信，这反映了各方对人工智能革命速度的分歧。

Almost all of OpenAI’s staff threatened to quit if Mr Altman was not brought back.

几乎所有OpenAI的员工都威胁说，如果不让奥特曼回来，他们就要辞职。

Microsoft, which owns a 49% stake in the firm, had offered to employ him. 拥有该公司49%股份的微软曾提出聘用奥特曼。

Larry Summers, an eminence³ grise and former American treasury⁴ secretary, will sit on the new board.

幕后掌权者--美国前财政部长拉里·萨默斯将成为新董事会成员。

America’s Department of Justice announced that Binance had pleaded guilty to money-laundering and failing to comply with international sanctions, and would pay penalties amounting to $4.3bn. 美国司法部宣布，币安承认犯有洗钱罪、违反国际制裁罪，将支付总计43亿美元的罚款。

Changpeng Zhao, who founded the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, resigned as chief executive and pleaded guilty to related charges.

赵长鹏--世界上最大的加密货币交易所的创始人--辞去了首席执行官一职，并对相关指控表示认罪。

The department said that over five years Binance had enabled nearly $1bn in illegal payments involving countries and individuals under sanctions, and simply ignored American law and safeguards.

美国司法部表示，在过去5年里，币安允许近10亿美元的非法支付，其中涉及受制裁的国家和个人，完全无视美国的法律和安全条例。

Elon Musk⁶ tried to navigate⁷ a storm of criticism following his approval of an antisemitic trope posted on X. 埃隆·马斯克试图躲开一场批评风暴，此前，他在X(原推特)上对一篇反犹言论表示认同。

After the White House lashed⁸ out at his apparent endorsement⁹ of a “hideous” conspiracy¹⁰ theory, Mr Musk insisted he was not antisemitic.

白宫对他明显支持“可怕的”阴谋论的表态进行了猛烈抨击，随后，马斯克坚称自己不是反犹主义者。

He also announced that users on X who apply the term “decolonisation” to Israel and other terms that imply the genocide of Jewish people would be suspended from the platform.

马斯克还宣布，在X上使用“非殖民化”一词来形容以色列，以及其他暗指犹太人种族灭绝的词语的用户将被暂停使用该平台。

Meanwhile X sued Media Matters for America, a pressure group, after it published data purporting¹¹ to show that X had allowed ads to run next to Nazi¹² and Holocaust-denying posts.

与此同时，X公司起诉了一个名为美国媒体事务的施压集团，因为该集团公布的数据显示，X允许广告出现在亲纳粹和否认大屠杀的帖子旁边。

Some big companies, including Apple, Disney and IBM, pulled their advertising¹³ from the site following the report. 包括苹果、迪士尼和IBM在内的一些大公司在这份报告发布后从该网站上撤下了广告。

X claims Media Matters “manipulated” data in order to destroy its business.

X声称美国媒体事务为破坏其业务“操纵了”数据。

X was not the only social-media company to find itself in hot water over antisemitic-related content. X并不是唯一一家因反犹太相关内容而陷入困境的社交媒体公司。

A number of Jewish celebrities¹⁴ urged TikTok to tackle a rise in anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli posts on its platform, which includes the re-emergence of Osama bin⁵ Laden’s bilious¹⁵ rant¹⁶ against Jews and the West, which first surfaced in 2002.

一些犹太名流敦促抖音处理平台上反犹太、反以色列帖子的增加，其中包括奥萨马·本·拉登针对犹太人和西方的怨恨评论的重新出现，这一言论于2002年首次出现。

Bin Laden’s self-styled “Letter to America” recently went viral on TikTok, which eventually removed hashtags linked to it.

本·拉登自称的《致美国信》最近在抖音上走红，抖音最终删除了与之相关的话题标签。

Sacha Baron¹⁷ Cohen, a comedic actor, said TikTok was “creating the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis”.

喜剧演员萨夏·巴伦·科恩表示，抖音正在“制造自纳粹以来最大的反犹运动”。

1 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

2 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

3 eminence   

n.卓越，显赫；高地，高处；名家

参考例句：

• He is a statesman of great eminence.他是个声名显赫的政治家。
• Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world.这些飞行员中很多人将会在航空界声名显赫。

4 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

7 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

8 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

10 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

11 purporting   

v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Cindy Adams (Columnist) : He's purporting to be Mother Teresa. 辛迪？亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。 来自互联网
• To prohibit certain practices purporting to be sales by auction. 本条例旨在对看来是以拍卖方式作出的售卖中某些行为予以禁止。 来自互联网

12 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

13 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

14 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

15 bilious   

adj.胆汁过多的；易怒的

参考例句：

• The quality or condition of being bilious.多脂肪食物使有些人患胆汁病。
• He was a bilious old gentleman.他是一位脾气乖戾的老先生。

16 rant   

v.咆哮；怒吼；n.大话；粗野的话

参考例句：

• You can rant and rave at the fine,but you'll still have to pay it.你闹也好，骂也好，罚金还是得交。
• If we rant on the net,the world is our audience.如果我们在网络上大声嚷嚷，全世界都是我们的听众。

17 baron   

n.男爵；(商业界等)巨头，大王

参考例句：

• Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
• The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。