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🎞️ Life#

Chuzhou Strawberry Music Festival#

I went to see Fenghuang Legend and Pu Shu, and took some random photos.
The atmosphere at the scene was pretty good. Pu Shu and Fenghuang Legend performed a lot as the finale. Next time, I won't go for the front row, as it was very troublesome to get in and out, and I missed out on listening to some singers.
The environment was not good. After parking, we had to walk 3-4 kilometers to enter. The ground was wet and full of mud, and people were occupying seats with various picnic mats in the front row without anyone managing it.
However, the security check was relatively relaxed. Except for water, which needed to be poured into the official provided cup, other picnic mats, inflatable sofas, folding chairs, etc. were allowed to be brought in (I regret it, as I read on Xiaohongshu that it was very strict).

💭 Excerpt#

Ten Poems for Qingming Festival#

1. Du Mu's "Qingming": "In the drizzling rain of Qingming, pedestrians on the road look soulless. I ask where the wine house is, a shepherd boy points to the Apricot Blossom Village in the distance."
2. Bai Juyi's "Cold Food and Distant View": "Crows caw and magpies chirp in the tall trees, who cries on the Cold Food Festival? The wind blows paper money across the desolate field, ancient tombs are covered with green spring grass. Pear blossoms reflect on the white poplar trees, all are scenes of separation between life and death. Mournful cries from the depths of the grave are unheard, the evening rain falls as people return home."
3. Bai Juyi's "Qingming Night": "A beautiful wind and a hazy moon on a Qingming night, the red pavilion of the governor's house is shining."
4. Han Yi's "Cold Food": "Flowers are flying everywhere in the spring city, the east wind of the Cold Food Festival makes the willows slant. At dusk, the Han Palace sends candles, light smoke scatters into the homes of the nobles."
5. Wu Weixin's "Su Causeway on Qingming Festival": "Pear blossoms are in full bloom on a windy Qingming Festival, wanderers seek spring outside the city. At dusk, the music stops and people pack up, ten thousand willow trees belong to the flowing orioles."
6. Yang Wanli's "Visiting Tombs on the Cold Food Festival": "The path is so narrow, how can I cross the dangerous bridge? The distant mountains are faint beyond the maple trees, broken houses stand alone by the wheat field. The overnight grass is blown by the spring wind, the new path is gone from last year. Pear blossoms on the Cold Food Festival, I only worry about the remaining festival."
7. Zhang Ji's "Events at the City Gate": "Farmers are recruiting and love boats, green grass grows in ten thousand acres of fields. Try to peek at the county and city through Wumen, there are new smokes in many places on Qingming."
8. Cheng Hao's "Outing on the Outskirts": "The fragrant plain is free to walk, spring enters the distant mountains and surrounds them. Excitement follows the scattered red flowers in the willow alley, tiredness sits by the flowing water on the mossy rock. Don't refuse a cup of wine, it's very persuasive, just afraid that the wind and flowers will fly away. Moreover, the weather is good on Qingming, don't forget to return after wandering."
9. Wei Yingwu's "Remembering My Brothers on Qingming Day": "Cold food brings many illnesses, but I am happy to open my heart. I always think of my hometown, smoke and fire fill the Qing River. Apricot porridge is still edible, elm jelly has been slightly fried. Only regretting the separation from loved ones, sitting and watching this beautiful year."
10. Yan Shu's "Butterfly Loves Flowers": "Six curves lean against the green trees, willow wind blows gently, revealing golden threads. Who moves the zither to the jade pillar, butterflies fly away through the curtain. Floating silk and falling cotton fill the eyes."
    These poems depict the scenery of Qingming Festival and express people's longing for the departed and their love for spring.

📰 Weekly Digest#

ByteDance Sends Full-Staff Letter to Increase Employee Incentives: Employees with Overall Performance of M and Above Will Receive Additional Stock Options#

The full text of the internal email is as follows:

The 2023 annual performance evaluation has been completed. Thank you all for your serious participation.

Previously, I discussed with everyone several important performance and incentive policy adjustments, with the main changes being "increased differentiation and increased incentive intensity." Based on this concept, we plan to further increase incentives on top of the 2023 year-end bonus, hoping to provide better rewards for students with good performance.

Specifically, all students who participated in the 2023 annual performance evaluation and bonus assessment, and have an overall performance of M and above, will receive an additional incentive. The incentive rules are as follows:

For overall performance of M, M+, and E, an additional incentive of 5%, 10%, and 15% respectively will be given based on the actual evaluation bonus months. The incentive will be issued in the form of stock options/RSUs.

For example, if M+ receives a 4-month year-end bonus, an additional 0.4 months of incentive will be added (to be issued in the form of stock options/RSUs), for a total of 4.4 months of incentive.

If the value of the incentive is less than 4 shares, it will be converted into cash and combined with the April/May salary for distribution.

The additional incentives will be granted on April 25th. As long as students are still employed on that day, they will be eligible to receive them.
Source

😭 It's still the universe factory.

Report: OpenAI Collects Over One Million Hours of YouTube Videos to Train GPT-4#

Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the AI company faced difficulties in collecting high-quality training data. Today, The New York Times provided more details on how the AI company is addressing this issue, which involves content in the gray area of AI copyright law.

According to the report, OpenAI was in urgent need of training data and developed the Whisper audio transcription model to overcome the difficulties, transcribing over one million hours of YouTube videos to train its state-of-the-art large-scale language model, GPT-4.

The report mentioned that OpenAI ran out of useful data supply in 2021 and discussed the feasibility of transcribing YouTube videos, podcasts, and audiobooks after exhausting other resources. In addition, OpenAI used computer code from GitHub, chess move databases, and homework content from Quizlet.

It is reported that OpenAI is aware of the legal issues involved, but considers it a reasonable use. The Times also revealed that Greg Brockman, the CEO of OpenAI, personally participated in the collection of the videos used.
Source

Is there still data left to use on the internet?

EU Imposes €1.84 Billion Fine, Apple Forced to Make Changes: Spotify and Other Music Services Can Embed External Payment Links#

Apple has responded to the recent "anti-steering" policy reform proposed by the EU by updating the App Store terms, supporting embedded links or purchase buttons within streaming music apps in EU member states, guiding users to external sites to learn about other music purchasing options.
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Great.

Musk Responds to Adult Content Proliferation on X Platform#

Elon Musk responded to concerns about the proliferation of adult content on his social media platform X on Thursday, announcing an upcoming "big cleanup."

A user posted, "X needs to fix the spam and pornography bot problem. It's completely out of control."

Musk responded, "The big cleanup is about to happen."

Musk's response comes as the issue of adult content on the X website is increasingly being scrutinized, with the platform now filled with explicit content to the point of making users uncomfortable.

According to reports, Musk's X company has been exploring ways to monetize adult content. However, concerns about related risks, such as potential involvement in criminal activities, are major concerns. Some are also concerned about X's ability to protect minors from exposure to explicit content.

In fact, the surge in adult content is not unique to X. Other similar platforms, such as Twitch, have also adjusted their policies regarding such content in response to criticism.
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No adult content, only selfless welfare sisters.

Some Primary School Students Addicted to "Cigarette Cards" by Digging Through Trash or Buying Online, Need to Be Vigilant#

Web summary:
Some primary school students are addicted to the "cigarette cards" game, and even gambling has emerged, which requires vigilance. These students collect cigarette packs from the trash to make "cigarette cards" and even buy them online. Schools and parents need to pay attention to and stop this bad habit as soon as possible.

Key points:

1. "Cigarette cards" have become popular among some primary school students as a game and gambling method.
2. Students collect cigarette packs in various ways to make "cigarette cards," including picking them from the trash and buying them online.
3. Some students have started smoking, and schools and parents need to take it seriously and take measures to stop this bad habit.
4. Eight departments, including the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education, have called for strict crackdowns on the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors, and tobacco retailers must display signs in prominent positions indicating that tobacco products are not sold to minors.

Reporters entered a "cigarette cards" exchange group on a social media platform, where members posted photos of their "cigarette cards" to show off: "Is mine rare?" "My card is better than all of yours." "Who has the purple Yellow Crane Tower? I'm buying." The reporter found that many of them took photos of "cigarette cards" against primary school textbooks and other books.

Some "cigarette card" enthusiasts claim that the cards sold on e-commerce platforms also have different qualities: "Cigarette cards" priced at 1-2 yuan per card are basically counterfeit products printed by merchants, "with low value"; some rare genuine cards, directly cut from cigarette packs, are sold at higher prices—5 yuan for a China brand, 10 yuan for a Jiaozi brand, and up to 20 yuan for the "He Tianxia" series. They grade the "cigarette cards" based on the price of the cigarettes.
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Haha, it's so interesting.

📚 Article#

Star AI Product Perplexity Announces Introduction of Advertising, Is "Google" the Only Future for AI Search?#

Original Summary#

According to the official introduction, "Related Questions" in the search results presentation will be the first advertising space open to brands. When users further explore a topic, Perplexity will add brand-sponsored questions next to organic questions, and continue to display related advertising links after further inquiries. In simpler terms, it is the bidding ranking that search engines like Baidu and Google have relied on to make money.

Web Summary#

AI search engine Perplexity announced the introduction of advertising as its new business model. Perplexity uses the GPT 3.5-turbo and GPT 4-turbo large models and incorporates models from companies such as Meta, Mistral AI, and Anthropic. Perplexity's subscription-based business model is currently not enough to support its operating costs, so it needs to introduce advertising. However, Perplexity's advertising model may face challenges in user privacy and AI ethics, as well as competition pressure from search engines like Google.

Key Points#

1. Perplexity announced the introduction of advertising as its new business model.
2. Perplexity uses the GPT 3.5-turbo and GPT 4-turbo large models and incorporates AI models from other companies.
3. Perplexity's subscription-based business model is not enough to support its operating costs.
4. Perplexity's advertising model may face challenges in user privacy and AI ethics.
5. Perplexity needs to compete with search engines like Google to achieve significant advertising revenue.
   Original Article