VOA慢速：OpenAI宣布新的视频生成器

OpenAI Announces New Video Generator

慢速 | 四级 | 362 | 3min29s

刘立军 供稿

Part I. QUESTIONS

Listen to the news and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

Q1. What type of AI technology has OpenAI recently announced?

A. A music generator.

B. A text-to-speech tool.

C. A text-to-video generator.

D. A photo editing software.

Q2. What action did Sam Altman take to demonstrate Sora’s capabilities?

A. He asked social media users for ideas for written prompts.

B. He hosted a live demonstration on social media.

C. He created the first video himself.

D. He partnered with another tech company for a joint demonstration.

Q3. Who is OpenAI planning to work with before releasing Sora to the public?

A. Only technology experts.

B. Social media influencers exclusively.

C. Direct competitors for feedback.

D. Artists, policymakers, and red teamers.

Q4. Based on the text, why might OpenAI be collaborating with “red teamers” before releasing Sora?

A. To ensure that Sora’s videos are of the highest quality.

B. To address potential ethical and societal concerns related to Sora’s usage.

C. To market the new tool to a wider audience.

D. To assess the environmental impact of Sora's technology.

Q5. What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To discuss the legal issues surrounding AI technology.

B. To showcase the advancements in video generation AI.

C. To introduce OpenAI’s new tool, Sora, and its functionalities.

D. To critique the ethical implications of text-to-video technology.

Part II. TRANSCRIPT

OpenAI Announces New Video Generator

The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. (Q1) San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based on written commands, called prompts. Sora is not the first of its kind. Google, Meta and Runway ML are among the other companies to have developed similar technology. (Q2) But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAI — some after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts — surprised observers. At the same time, the video results led to fears about the possible ethical and societal effects.

intelligence n. 智力；才智；智慧

ethical adj. （有关）道德的；伦理的

A photographer from New Hampshire posted one suggestion, or prompt, on X. The prompt gave details about a kind of food to be cooked, gnocchi, as well as the setting — an old Italian country kitchen. The prompt said: “A instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi hosted by a grandmother social media influencer set in a rustic Tuscan country kitchen with cinematic lighting.” Altman answered a short time later with a realistic video that showed what the prompt described.

gnocchi n. 意大利团子（用面粉和马铃薯做成）

rustic n. 乡村（人）特色的

The tool is not yet publicly available. OpenAI has given limited information about how it was built. The company also has not stated what imagery and video sources were used to train Sora. The New York Times and some writers have taken legal actions against OpenAI for its use of copyrighted works of writing to train ChatGPT. And OpenAI pays a fee to The Associated Press, the source of this report, to license its text news archive.

archive n. 档案

(Q3+Q5) OpenAI said in a blog post that it is communicating with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public. The company added that it is working with “red teamers” — people who try to find problems and give helpful suggestions — to develop Sora. “We are working with red teamers — experts in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model,” the company said. “We’re also building tools to help detect misleading content such as a detection classifier that can tell when a video was generated by Sora.”

Part III. KEY

Q1. C. 细节题。文章中提到：“San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos based on written commands, called prompts.” 意为：“总部位于旧金山的OpenAI的新工具Sora是一个可以根据书面指令（称为提示）立即制作短视频的文本转视频生成器。”。因此答案为C。

Q2. A. 细节题。文章中提到：“some after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts — surprised observers.” 意为：“部分视频是在首席执行官Sam Altman邀请社交媒体用户发送书面提示之后生成的——令观察者感到惊讶。”。因此，Sam Altman让社交媒体用户发送书面提示的想法，以此展示 Sora 的能力。答案为A。

Q3. D. 细节题。根据文章中的描述：“OpenAI said in a blog post that it is communicating with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public …‘We are working with red teamers...’” 意为：“OpenAI在一篇博客中表示，在将新工具向公众发布之前，他们正在与艺术家、政策制定者和相关人士进行沟通……‘我们正在与红队成员合作……’”根据此句，答案为D。

Q4. B 推理题。虽然文章没有直接提到合作的具体原因，但提到了：“We are working with red teamers — experts in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model,” 意为：“我们正在与红队成员合作，他们是虚假信息、有害内容和偏见等领域的专家，他们将对模型进行对抗性测试。”。因此，可以推断OpenAI与“红队成员”合作是为了解决与Sora的使用相关的潜在道德和社会问题，确保其安全、公正地向公众发布。答案为B。

Q5. C. 主旨题。整篇文章主要介绍了OpenAI发布的新工具Sora及其基于文本转视频的生成能力，还提到了展示Sora能力的事件和在正式发布之前OpenAI的准备工作。因此，全文的主要目的是介绍OpenAI的新工具Sora及其功能。答案为C。

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