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高考英语外刊阅读天天练 人工智能语法填空专题
1 Advanced AI: a summit at Bletchley Park
It was at Bletchley Park _____1_____ Alan Turing and others used early computers to crack German codes during the Second World War. This week, the estate in Buckinghamshire was hosting a Downing Street conference about another world-changing ____2_____(innovate) : artificial intelligence.
Some 100 delegates, including representatives from the world’s biggest tech companies, were due to attend the AI Safety Summit, ____3____(aim) at discussing the state of “frontier AI” and the dangers it presents. In a speech before the event, PM Rishi Sunak said that ___4_____ he was “optimistic” about AI’s potential _____5___(transform) the world for the better, the technology presents clear risks, some of them are“existential”. Sunak’s position is that there should not be a rush to regulate– ____6____ is “sensible”. The field is moving so fast, any rules would soon be out of date. But there is a clear need for ___7___ international framework to ensure that AI is developed ____8____(responsible). Bletchley was a good place to start those conversations.
The summit looked set to be a “closed shop, dominated by powerful vendors”. Policy chiefs from Amazon and Meta were due to be there, but few world leaders were going. Its focus was relatively narrow, and ____9____(give) the Government’s stated desire to persuade AI companies to settle in the UK, you had to wonder __10_____ it was as much about wooing investment as about “leading a global consensus”.
【The Week UK (November 4, 2023)】
2 AI: Biden order invokes emergency powers
A sweeping executive order signed by President Biden this week ____1____(aim) at reining in artificial intelligence. The order, ____2_____ relies on emergency authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act, calls ___3____ “a slew of federal agencies to mitigate the technology's risks." ___4______(build) on the commitments by 15 tech companies signed this summer, AI developers will be re