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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 on-site 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 enter and exit, 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 venue. 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 cups, 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 are about to cry. I ask where the tavern is, and a shepherd boy points to the Apricot Blossom Village in the distance."
2. Bai Juyi's "Cold Food and Distant View": "Crows cry and magpies chatter in the tall trees, who is crying on Qingming? The wind blows, and burnt paper money flies in the wilderness, ancient tombs are covered with green spring grass. Pear blossoms reflect on the white poplar trees, all are places of life and death separation. Mournful cries are unheard in the deep springs, and the evening rain falls silently."
3. Bai Juyi's "Qingming Night": "The moon is bright on the 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, and light smoke disperses into the homes of the nobles."
5. Wu Weixin's "Su Causeway on Qingming Festival": "Pear blossoms are in full bloom on Qingming, and wanderers are half out of the city in search of spring. At dusk, the music stops and everything is packed up, and ten thousand willow trees belong to the flowing orioles."
6. Yang Wanli's "Visiting the Tomb on Cold Food Festival": "The path is so narrow, how can I cross the dangerous bridge? The distant mountains are faint outside the maple trees, broken houses are lonely beside the wheat fields. The overnight grass is blown by the spring wind again, the new path has no traces of last year. Pear blossoms are for the Cold Food Festival, and I only worry about the remaining festivals."
7. Zhang Ji's "Events at the City Gate": "Farmers are recruiting and love boats, green grass is growing in ten thousand acres of fields. Try to go to Wumen to peep at the county, Qingming has new smoke in many places."
8. Cheng Hao's "Outing on the Suburbs": "In the fragrant field, I walk freely, spring enters the distant mountains and the surroundings are blue. Excitement follows the chaotic red and walks in the willow lane, tiredness sits on the mossy rock by the flowing water. Don't refuse toasts of wine, but fear that the wind and flowers will fly away. Moreover, the weather is good on Qingming, don't forget to return while enjoying."
9. Wei Yingwu's "Remembering My Brothers on Qingming Day": "Cold food is often accompanied by illness, but I am happy. Finally, I think of my hometown, and fireworks fill the Qing River. Apricot porridge is still edible, elm jelly has been slightly fried. I regret the separation from my 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, showing golden threads. Who moves the zither and moves the jade pillar, passing through the curtain, the sea swallow flies away. Full of floating silk and falling cotton."
    These poems depict the scenes of Qingming Festival and express people's longing for the departed and their love for spring.

📰 Weekly Digest#

ByteDance Sends a Letter to All Employees to Increase Staff 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 participation.

Previously, I discussed several important performance and incentive policy adjustments with everyone, 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 to colleagues with good performance.

Specifically, all colleagues 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 assessed bonus months. The incentive will be granted in the form of stock options/RSUs.

For example, if someone with an overall performance of M+ receives a 4-month year-end bonus, they will receive an additional 0.4 months of incentive (granted 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 colleagues are still employed on that day, they will be eligible to receive the incentives.
Source

It's still the universal 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 the methods the AI company used to address this issue, including content that falls into 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. It transcribed 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.

According to the report, OpenAI is aware of the legal issues involved, but considers it a reasonable use. The Times also revealed that OpenAI's CEO, Greg Brockman, personally participated in the collection of the videos used.
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Is there still data left on the internet to use?

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 EU's recent "anti-steering" policy reform request by updating the App Store terms to support embedded links or purchase buttons for streaming music apps within EU member states. This allows users to be directed to external sites to learn about other ways to purchase music.
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Good.

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 associated risks, such as potential involvement in criminal activities, are major concerns. Some are also worried 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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Where's the adult content? There are only selfless welfare sisters.

Some Elementary School Students Addicted to "Cigarette Cards" Found in Trash Cans or Bought Online, Need to Be Vigilant#

Web summary:
Some elementary school students are addicted to the "cigarette card" game, and even gambling has emerged, which requires vigilance. These students collect cigarette packs from trash cans to make "cigarette cards" and even buy them online. Schools and parents need to take this bad habit seriously and quit it as soon as possible.

Key points:

1. "Cigarette cards" have become popular among some elementary school students as a game and gambling method.
2. Students collect cigarette packs in various ways to make "cigarette cards," including picking them from trash cans and buying them online.
3. Some students have started smoking, and schools and parents need to take this bad habit seriously and take measures to quit.
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 places indicating that tobacco products are not sold to minors.

Reporters entered a "cigarette card" exchange group on a social 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 purple Yellow Crane Tower? Buying." The reporter found that many of them took photos of "cigarette cards" against elementary school textbooks and other books.

Some "cigarette card" enthusiasts claim that the cards sold on e-commerce platforms also have differences in quality: "Cigarette cards" that cost 1-2 yuan each 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 Tian Xia" 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 search results will be the first advertising space open to brands. When users further explore a certain 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. The subscription-based business model of Perplexity is currently not sufficient 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. The subscription-based business model of Perplexity is not sufficient 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