Uber在一个季度内花光全年 AI 预算

[00:00] Welcome to Daily Tech briefing. Here are the most important AI and technology stories for today.欢迎收听每日科技英文速读。下面是今天最值得关注的 AI 与科技新闻。---[00:08] Windows' Classic 3D Space Cadet Pinball Is Getting a Physical (物理的，实体的) Re-Creation. Do you remember the classic 3D Space Cadet Pinball game on Windows? Well, a hobbyist (业余爱好者) named CNCDan is bringing it to life. He is building a real-world, physical (物理的，实体的) pinball machine based on the digital game. He uses 3D-printed parts, LEDs, and slingshots. It is amazing to see a digital memory become something we can touch.Windows 经典三维弹球将迎来实体机复刻.你还记得 Windows 上经典的“三维弹球”游戏吗？现在，一位名叫 CNCDan 的爱好者正在将它带进现实。他正在使用 3D 打印的挡板、发光二极管和弹弓，制作一台基于数字游戏的真实物理弹球机。看到数字记忆变成摸得着的东西，真是令人惊叹。---[00:30] Uber blows through its AI budget (预算) in 1 quarter. Uber has run into a big surprise with its AI spending. The company's chief operating officer shared that Uber blew through its entire annual AI budget (预算) in just one quarter. This massive (巨大的，大规模的) spending was driven by heavy token usage, including tools like Claude Code. It shows how incredibly expensive running advanced AI tools can get for large companies.优步在一个季度内花光全年 AI 预算.优步在 AI 支出上遇到了一个大意外。该公司的首席运营官透露，优步仅用了一个季度就花光了全年的 AI 预算。这笔巨大的开销主要是由于大量的 token 消耗，包括使用像 Claude Code 这样的工具。这表明，对于大型企业来说，运行先进的 AI 工具是多么昂贵。---[00:53] DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search. Google recently changed its Search engine to focus on AI agents instead of normal links. But many users are not happy. They feel Google is force-feeding them AI. As a result, app installs for the privacy-focused search engine, DuckDuckGo, have spiked by 30 percent. Users are actively looking for an alternative (替代方案，可供选择的).用户拒绝被谷歌强行灌输 AI 搜索，DuckDuckGo 安装量飙升 30%.谷歌最近调整了其搜索引擎，将重点转向 AI 智能体，而不是普通的链接。但许多用户对此并不满意。他们觉得谷歌在强行向他们灌输 AI。因此，专注于隐私的搜索引擎 DuckDuckGo 的应用安装量飙升了 30%。用户正在积极寻找替代方案。---[01:16] We're starting to see some PC makers respond (做出反应，回应) to Apple's MacBook Neo. Apple's MacBook Neo has shaken up the laptop market. Now, PC manufacturers are starting to react. They are trying to build competitive alternatives. Although cheap laptops under six hundred dollars have existed for a long time, high-quality budget (预算) laptops are still very rare (罕见的，稀有的). This competition might finally change that.PC 制造商开始回应苹果 MacBook Neo 的竞争.苹果的 MacBook Neo 动摇了笔记本电脑市场。现在，PC 制造商开始做出反应。他们正在努力打造有竞争力的替代产品。虽然低于 600 美元的廉价笔记本已经存在多年，但高品质的廉价笔记本仍然非常罕见。这场竞争可能最终会改变这一现状。---[01:39] Millions of AI agents imperiled (处于危险之中的，危及的) by critical vulnerability (漏洞，脆弱性) in open source package. A security flaw is putting millions of AI agents at risk. Experts found a critical vulnerability (漏洞，脆弱性) called BadHost in an open source Python package. The package is called Starlette, and it gets over three hundred million downloads every week. This flaw shows how vulnerable our new AI infrastructure can be to basic code errors.开源包中的严重漏洞危及数百万 AI 智能体.一个安全漏洞正使数百万 AI 智能体面临风险。专家在一个开源 Python 包中发现了一个名为“BadHost”的严重漏洞。这个包叫 Starlette，每周的下载量超过 3 亿次。该漏洞表明，我们新的 AI 基础设施在面对基础代码错误时是多么脆弱。---[02:02] OpenRouter more than doubles valuation (估值) to $1.3B in a year. OpenRouter has raised one hundred and thirteen million dollars in its latest funding round. This puts the company's valuation (估值) at 1.3 billion dollars. That is more than double its value from last year. OpenRouter's usage grew five times over just six months. This rapid (快速的) growth shows that a multi-model AI future is officially here.OpenRouter 估值在一年内翻倍至 13 亿美元.OpenRouter 在其最新一轮融资中筹集了 1.13 亿美元。这使得该公司的估值达到了 13 亿美元。这比去年的估值翻了一倍多。在短短六个月内，OpenRouter 的使用量增长了 5 倍。这种快速增长表明，多模型 AI 的未来已经正式到来。---[02:25] Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Compares Social Media to Smoking for Teens. Medical experts in the UK are comparing social media to smoking. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges warns that social media is just as bad for teenagers' health. They suggest doctors should ask young patients about screen time. The UK government is even considering banning social media for kids under sixteen, similar to Australia.英国皇家医学院学会认为社媒和香烟一样不利于青少年健康.英国医学专家正在将社交媒体与吸烟进行比较。英国皇家医学院学会警告说，社交媒体对青少年的健康危害同样严重。他们建议医生在接诊年轻患者时应询问其屏幕使用时间。英国政府甚至在考虑禁止 16 岁以下儿童使用社交媒体，做法类似于澳大利亚。---[02:48] 📚 今日单词：vulnerability- n. 漏洞，脆弱性- [ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ə.ti]- 词根：vulnus-（伤口，伤害） + -ability（能力，性质）---[02:54] 词组/例句- security vulnerability 安全漏洞- The developers released a security patch to fix the vulnerability in the application. 开发者发布了一个安全补丁以修复应用程序中的漏洞。---[03:13] That's all for today. See you tomorrow, and thank you for listening.以上就是今天的内容。感谢你的收听，我们明天见。前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动