OpenAI Shows New AI Assistant, Delays Bigger Model
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Sam Altman is the boss of a company called OpenAI. He spoke at a big event in San Francisco. The event was for tech developers. Developers are people who build computer programs.
Altman showed a new AI assistant. Its name is 'dots'. AI means computer programs that can think like humans in some ways. An assistant is a program that helps you do things.
OpenAI also has a new, bigger AI model. But the company did not release it yet. There are safety worries about it. Safety means keeping something free from danger.
The worries made OpenAI wait. The company wants to check the new model is safe. This is called a delay. A delay means something happens later than planned.
OpenAI is a famous company. It makes many AI tools. People use these tools every day. The company wants its tools to be helpful and safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- OpenAI
- a company that makes AI computer programs
- developers
- people who build computer programs
- AI
- computer programs that can think a little like humans
- assistant
- a program that helps you do things
- safety
- being free from danger
- delay
- when something happens later than planned
- event
- a special happening with many people
- release
- to make something public
- model
- a type of AI program
- boss
- the leader of a company
- worries
- bad feelings about a problem
- company
- a business that sells things
- tool
- something that helps you do a job
- famous
- known by many people
- check
- to look at something carefully
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1. Sam Altman 2. dots 3. Because of safety worries
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Sam Altman is the boss of a company called _____.
He spoke at a big _____ in San Francisco.
The event was for tech _____.
Altman showed a new AI _____.
Its name is '_____'.
OpenAI also has a new, bigger AI _____.
But the company did not _____ it yet.
There are _____ worries about it.
The worries made OpenAI _____.
The company wants to check the new model is _____.
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