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Hu Qiaomu was a Communist Party of China (CPC) politician and propagandist, and arguably the People’s Republic’s most prominent historian.

In recent years, the emergence of a bewildering array of new terms, exemplified by ChatGPT, has heralded the latest wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI) fervour. The AI era has arrived, as is evident from the enormous valuations in the United States (US) stock market and the public endorsements by US officials.

The 2024 edition of Japan's Defence White Paper bearing the image of a “hammer forging iron” on the cover was published yesterday. According to the Japanese media, the meaning the front cover image “forging a sword” conveys is to express Japan’s current determination to enhance its military strength. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan’s Self Defence Forces (SDF), this White Paper is the 50th Defence White Paper published so far.

This article is a transcript of the discussion between an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot and Zhu Dalu on new energy vehicles, followed by his brief comments on AI’s responses. Zhu Dalu is a Chinese writer and economist who has authored over 180 articles on economics and politics in various Chinese publications. The “AI” in this article refers to Ernie Bot 文心一言, a generative AI chatbot service product of Baidu, release in 2023.

After the demise of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Chinese people expressed their memoirs and reviews of Kissinger through conversation and articles. This article is a compilation of Fù Yíng’s memoir and analysis of Kissinger's speeches and viewpoints, for the readers.

The French people regard Macron as a Hitler-like figure. This is the anger of the lower-class French people towards Macron, who only protects the interests of French Jewish capital while damaging the interests of the lower-class French people.

AI is booming and is currently all the rage. Countries, including China and the United States (US), regard it as a priority for development and a key area of competition, all aiming to emerge victorious in the very crucial competitive arena.

President Valdimir Putin of Russia recently concluded a two-day state visit to the People’s Republic of China, from 16- 17 May 2024.

It is well known that family gatherings in China during the Lunar New Year are among the most significant and cherished traditions in Chinese culture.

This report (dated 3 April 2024) attracted over 160,000 viewers clicks within hours of its publication – an unusually high number for a news report about India-China relations in the columns of Observer Network (guancha.cn) – a popular digital news/current affairs platform in Chinese.

Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief for Science, wrote an article on 26 January. The article pointed out that when it comes to Science as a field, the term originality is enough to signify that copying from ChatGPT is not acceptable, it is equivalent to plagiarism using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is facing regulations at various levels by the education departments of the US, France, and Australia. Using ChatGPT in government-run schools by students and teachers is regarded as “cheating” and hence its usage is prohibited. Some people have developed a software called GPTZero, which decides whether the text is AI-generated by analysing its complexity and abruptness, thus employing AI to defeat AI.

Since November last year, ChatGPT has been buzzing. ChatGPT is a highly advanced app based on AI technology after AlphaGO; it has completely transformed our understanding of chatbots and has once again raised concerns about AI.