AI戰場的「第三種選擇」
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and Twitter, recently announced in an interview with Tucker Carlson that he is developing his own artificial intelligence platform called “TruthGPT.”
特斯拉和推特的億萬富翁老闆馬斯克最近在接受美國記者卡森的訪問時宣布，他正在開發自己的人工智慧（AI）平台，名為「TruthGPT」。
His aim is to create a “third option” to rival the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.
他的目標是要創造「第三種選擇」，與微軟支持的ChatGPT和谷歌的Bard相抗衡。
aim(n.)目標;目的=goalrival(n.)對手、敵手(v.)競爭、與⋯⋯相匹敵
Musk believes that OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT, has been “training the AI to lie,” and that Google’s leadership has not seriously considered the safety of artificial intelligence.
在馬斯克看來，ChatGPT的開發者OpenAI一直在「訓練AI撒謊」，而他也認為谷歌的領導層沒有認真考慮人工智慧的安全問題。
leadership(n.)領導層
TruthGPT is Musk’s answer to create “a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.”
TruthGPT是馬斯克的答案，即創造「極力尋求真理的AI，試圖理解宇宙的本質」。
maximum(n.)最大值(adj.)最大程度的nature(n.)本質human nature人性
He is championing his own idea as the safest path for humanity, as opposed to what he sees as dangerous uses of AI by both Microsoft and Google.
他正在倡導自己的想法，認為這是人類最安全的道路，而不是微軟和谷歌都在進行的危險的AI應用。
champion(v.)支持、倡導as opposed to而不是=instead of=rather than
As the AI war heats up, Musk has also aligned himself with “a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives” to call for a six month pause in the development of AI systems that are “more powerful than OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4.”
隨著AI戰爭的升溫，馬斯克還與「一群人工智慧專家和產業高階主管」聯合呼籲，暫停開發「比OpenAI新推出的GPT-4更強大的」AI系統六個月。
align(v.)與⋯⋯保持一致、與⋯⋯結盟
He has warned that AI already has the ability to negatively influence public opinion and has painted it as being potentially detrimental to society and civilization.
他警告，AI已有能力對輿論產生負面影響，還將AI描述成可能對社會和文明造成危害。
paint...as...將～描述成～=describe…as…detrimental(adj.)有危害的、有損害的=harmful=damaging
Although Musk has called for greater AI regulation and encouraged the break in AI development, he has been extremely proactive in creating a new firm called X.AI Corp. in the US state of Nevada in March to help develop his personal vision of artificial intelligence.
儘管馬斯克曾呼籲加強對AI的監管，鼓勵暫停AI的發展，但他一直非常積極主動，已於3月在美國內華達州創立了一家名為「X.AI Corp.」的新公司，幫助開發他個人對人工智慧的願景。
call for sth.呼籲某事proactive(adj.)積極的;主動的
It is unclear when TruthGPT will be developed or if the product even exists yet at all, but Musk seems determined to create this “third option.”
目前還不清楚TruthGPT的開發時間表，或甚至該產品是否已存在也是未知數，但馬斯克的行動表明他有決心創造這個「第三選擇」。
After co-founding OpenAI in 2015 and leaving the company in 2018, Musk is now demonstrating his willingness to compete with his previous company by putting his money where his mouth is in producing what he sees as a more trustworthy and reliable AI model.
在2015年共同創立OpenAI並在2018年離開該公司後，馬斯克現在表現出他願意與前公司競爭的意願，用投資證明自己的話，產出他認為更值得信賴和可靠的AI模型。
co-found(v.)共同創立put one’s money where one’s mouth is用投資證明自己的話trustworthy(adj.)值得信任的、可信的