专题21 ChatGPT的商业价值-2023年高考英语外刊阅读及模拟强化训练

Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI 微软向ChatGPT制造商OpenAI投资100亿美元 文章选自《洛杉矶时报》 主题语境：人与社会 子语境：人工智能 原文出处：Los Angeles Times 语篇类型：新闻报道 关键词：Microsoft；internet；system；intelligence 篇章导读：微软正在向OpenAI投资100亿美元，OpenAI的人工智能工具ChatGPT自去年11月推出以来，已经点亮了互联网，在几天内积累了100多万用户，并引发了一场关于人工智能在工作场所中作用的新辩论。 原汁原味外刊阅读及模拟强化训练 Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI, whose artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT has lit up the internet since its introduction in November, amassing more than 1 million users within days and touching off a fresh debate over the role of AI in the workplace. The new support, building on $1 billion Microsoft poured into OpenAI in 2019 and another round in 2021, is intended to give Microsoft access to some of the most popular and advanced artificial intelligence systems. Microsoft is competing with Alphabet, Amazon.com and Meta Platforms to dominate the fast-growing technology that generates text, images and other media in response to a short prompt. At the same time, OpenAI needs Microsoft’s funding and cloud-computing power to crunch massive volumes of data and run the increasingly complex models that enable programs such as DALL-E to generate realistic images based on a handful of words, and ChatGPT to create human-like conversational text. Although Microsoft didn’t give details of the new investment, a person familiar with the discussions who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public said it totals $10 billion over multiple years. Microsoft shares gained 1% to $242.58 in New York on Monday. The deal will give a boost to Microsoft’s Azure cloud while providing OpenAI with additional specially designed supercomputers to run its complex AI models and fuel its research. Microsoft plans to use OpenAI’s models throughout consumer and corporate products and release new categories of products based on OpenAI’s work, the two companies said in blog posts. The Azure usage fueled by