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Nearly half of American parents financially support adult children#
Getting older is unavoidable, but growing up, well that’s a different story. A new survey found that nearly half (47%) of parents in the U.S. financially support their adult children in some way.
Getting older is unavoidable, but growing up, well that’s a different story. A new survey found that nearly half (47%) of parents in the U.S. financially support their adult children in some way.
Monthly, parents are contributing about $1,384 to at least one of their adult children. On average, that’s twice as much as what working parents contribute to their own retirement savings, or about $609 a month, the survey found.
Parents contribute about $1,384 monthly to at least one adult child. On average, that’s twice what working parents contribute to their own retirement savings, or about $609 a month, the survey found.
The study, conducted online by technology and coupon sleuth company savings.com, surveyed an estimated 1,000 U.S. parents. The data consisted of 50% men and 50% women. Notably, it excludes data from parents who are supporting disabled adult children.
The study, conducted online by technology and coupon sleuth company savings.com, surveyed about 1,000 U.S. parents. The data included 50% men and 50% women. Notably, it excludes data from parents supporting disabled adult children.
Some key areas that parents are contributing to most frequently for their Gen Z adult children include groceries, cell phone bills, rent, health insurance, tuition, and even leisure and vacations.
Some key areas where parents frequently contribute for their Gen Z adult children include groceries, cell phone bills, rent, health insurance, tuition, and even leisure and vacations.
On average, 61% of adult children living with their parents did not contribute towards covering any household expenses, including rent, the survey said.
On average, 61% of adult children living with their parents did not contribute to any household expenses, including rent, the survey said.
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Hehe
Elon Musk says his ChatGPT rival Grok will go open-source as the OpenAI feud continues#
After suing his former company OpenAI, Elon Musk said Monday that his new AI company xAI will open-source its ChatGPT rival Grok this week. Musk made the announcement in a brief one-sentence post on social media. “This week @xAI will open source Grok,” Musk wrote on X.
After suing his former company OpenAI, Elon Musk said Monday that his new AI company xAI will open-source its ChatGPT rival Grok this week. Musk made the announcement in a brief one-sentence post on social media. “This week @xAI will open source Grok,” Musk wrote on X.
Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman alleges that the ChatGPT maker’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with Microsoft betrays its founding commitment to benefiting humanity over profit. The lawsuit filed last month claims a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices. The billionaire also asked that OpenAI be ordered to open its research and technology to the public.
Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman alleges that the ChatGPT maker’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with Microsoft betrays its founding commitment to benefiting humanity over profit. The lawsuit filed last month claims a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices. The billionaire also asked that OpenAI be ordered to open its research and technology to the public.
“OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft,” the Tesla CEO’s lawsuit says. “Under its new board, it is not just developing but is actually refining an [artificial general intelligence] to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.”
“OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft,” the Tesla CEO’s lawsuit says. “Under its new board, it is not just developing but is actually refining an [artificial general intelligence] to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.”
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Open source is best, it would be great to train it under the same resources and compete on model quality.
Weibo: Launches complaint entry for trending search terms and updates handling rules#
Weibo recently announced an update to its handling rules for trending search terms, emphasizing that trending searches, as an important place for netizens to discuss and discover hot topics, have always been favored by a wide range of users.
In order to more authentically and objectively reflect social hotspots and netizens' voices, Weibo has always strictly followed laws and regulations, only intervening in trending search terms that are suspected of being illegal, while allowing normal media reports, netizen opinions, and compliant trending search terms to flow freely.
Weibo also welcomes netizens to provide valuable opinions and suggestions to work together to create a healthier and more harmonious trending search environment.
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Haven't seen it in a long time, the removal of trending searches is too fast.
Ant Group officially launches 2024 spring recruitment, 50 positions, 80% technical roles, focusing on AI#
Recently, Ant Group officially launched its 2024 spring campus recruitment.
This spring recruitment targets 2024 graduates and 2025 interns, with 80% of positions being technical roles, focusing on key areas of generative artificial intelligence such as AI algorithms and AI engineering, as well as data technology fields like privacy computing, databases, graph computing, and blockchain.
Additionally, this spring recruitment sees an increased demand for product manager positions.
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If big companies don't come out to absorb graduates at this time, who else will? I hope the government can provide support as well.
Google "steals" key information from GPT-3.5 model: costs as low as 150 yuan, can be obtained by calling the API#
Google's latest research reveals a method to attack large language models, successfully stealing key information from OpenAI's GPT-3.5-turbo model.
According to Google's statement, they not only restored the entire projection matrix of OpenAI's large model but also obtained the exact hidden dimension size, all with less than 2000 clever API queries, costing as low as 150 yuan.
This incident reminds us that ensuring the security of models remains a complex and important issue.
Paper link: Stealing Part of a Production Language Model
Too complex to understand, but once a model service is launched, various patches must be applied to protect and shield information.
The world's first AI software engineer Devin emerges: can self-learn new languages, develop iterative apps, and automatically debug#
Devin: AI Software Engineer | Hacker News
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Initially, I wanted AI to replace tedious work and exhausting chores, allowing us to paint, write, and sing.
This seems to show some signs of helping engineers replace a lot of work.
Although it might make us lose jobs, haha.
Mercedes-Benz CEO calls on the EU to lower tariffs on electric vehicles from China#
The head of Mercedes-Benz has called on Brussels to lower tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China, while the European Commission is considering raising import tariffs during its investigation into Beijing's subsidies for its automotive industry.
CEO Ola Källenius stated that increased competition from China will help European automakers produce better cars in the long run and added that protectionism "is going down the wrong path."
"Don't raise tariffs. I'm a reverse investor, and I think we should do the opposite: take our existing tariffs and lower them," he told the Financial Times.
He added that Chinese companies seeking to export to Europe is "a natural development of competition that requires better products, better technology, and greater flexibility to meet." "That's market economy. Let competition play out."
French automakers like Stellantis and Renault do not have large operations in China, but they have been vocal about the threat posed by Chinese electric vehicles. However, this investigation has faced strong opposition from German automakers, whose sales and profits heavily rely on China.
German executives are concerned that as local brands like BYD have already taken market share from Western legacy companies in the world's largest electric vehicle market, they fear that Beijing and Chinese consumers may retaliate.
More than a third of Mercedes-Benz cars are sold in China, and last year, 40% of Volkswagen's sales were in China.
Chinese automaker Geely and state-owned SAIC hold one-fifth of Mercedes-Benz's shares.
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The reasons have been clearly stated in the article.
SpaceX Starship lost signal, but the third test flight achieved remarkable results#
On March 14 at 9:25 PM Beijing time, at 8:25 AM local time, SpaceX conducted the third unmanned flight test of its "Starship" heavy-lift rocket in Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket launched successfully with all 33 engines firing normally.
Two minutes and 40 seconds after launch, the Starship successfully performed a thermal separation as planned, surpassing the results of the second test. About 11 minutes after launch, the super heavy booster completed its mission, and the Starship began to open its hatch. About 28 minutes after launch, the hatch was fully closed, completing the hatch opening and closing test. 47 minutes after launch, the Starship performed a second ignition demonstration, successfully igniting the Raptor engines, marking another milestone breakthrough in the Starship test flight.
Subsequently, the Starship re-entered the atmosphere and lost signal due to severe friction, with visuals showing its altitude at 65 kilometers. At this point, SpaceX announced that it had lost the spacecraft, and the mission ended prematurely. The Starship was not planned for recovery and was only supposed to fall into the Indian Ocean. However, it is undeniable that the Starship's launch achieved significant progress and breakthroughs.
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The future of humanity.
Preliminary judgment of the cause of the explosion accident in Yanjiao, Hebei, is a gas pipeline leak#
Regarding the explosion accident that occurred in Yanjiao Town, Hebei, China on Wednesday (March 13), local officials have preliminarily determined that the cause of the accident was a gas pipeline leak and stated that it was not directly related to improper operations by some business owners.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Liu Fulai, head of the expert investigation team for the explosion accident in Yanjiao Town, said on Thursday (14th) that the explosion point was located within the overall building structure of a fried chicken shop, but which specific store is still under investigation. The gas pipeline leak point is at a certain depth below the surface and is being precisely detected.
Ji Hongtu, head of the Emergency Management Bureau of Sanhe City, stated that Yanjiao Town opened its pipeline gas supply earlier, and the underground pipeline network is quite complex, with old pipelines having been in use for over 20 years, with the deepest buried at 12 meters underground, making the investigation difficult, and it is hard to determine whether it is a single-point or multi-point leak. The explosion accident is not directly related to improper operations by some business owners.
The explosion accident resulted in seven deaths and 27 injuries. Ji Hongtu introduced that as of the 14th, the accident investigation and aftermath handling work has fully entered the stage.
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It can be imagined that such incidents will become more frequent in the future, and it is impossible to replace every aging facility.
Especially in old urban areas, where there is no renovation value, how can ordinary people protect themselves and maintain their rights?
Macron: Europe must prepare for war if it wants peace#
French President Macron stated that if Europe wants peace, it must prepare for war.
According to Reuters, Macron, in a television interview primarily aimed at a domestic audience on Thursday (March 14), referred to Russian President Putin as an adversary. If Putin defeats Ukraine, he will not stop there.
Last month, Macron indicated that he did not rule out deploying ground troops in Ukraine in the future, and French opposition leaders criticized Macron's bellicose remarks. Many European leaders distanced themselves from Macron's comments, but some leaders, especially those from Eastern Europe, expressed support for his statements.
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De Gaulle.
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Xiaohongshu Offline 2.0: More than just a public review platform#
AI Summary#
Webpage Overview:
Xiaohongshu's offline activities have progressed from phase 1.0 to phase 2.0, creating an interactive relationship with community content, enhancing the distribution weight based on geographic location, and establishing connections with offline industries. Offline activities serve as operational leverage to attract and activate the community, while the online process is amplified by the community, with UGC being the engine.
Key Points:
Xiaohongshu's offline activities have progressed from phase 1.0 to phase 2.0, creating an interactive relationship with community content.
Offline activities enhance the distribution weight based on geographic location and establish connections with offline industries.
Offline activities serve as operational leverage to attract and activate the community.
The online process is amplified by the community, with UGC being the engine.
Excerpt#
It downplays the reality that Xiaohongshu has no advantage in low-priced group buying, avoiding direct competition with Meituan and Douyin. At the same time, it increases the complexity of price comparison through fun and interactivity, actively exploring content distribution methods, which also protects the creative desire of UGC users—this is Xiaohongshu's most differentiated value in local life.
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Xiaohongshu currently seems to have too many soft advertisements, with many being useful, but even more being useless.