At 12:30 on September 15th, Sohu founder, chairman and CEO Zhang Chaoyang was in the live broadcast room of Sohu Video Follower’s “Zhang Chaoyang’s English Class”. Two foreign media hot reports, the controversy over the U.S. AI regulatory policy and the birth history of the Emmy Awards ceremony, and netizens learned English in the news and learned about the world.
Zhang Chaoyang first focused on the hot topics of public opinion in the field of science and technology. Recently, discussions on the security risks of artificial intelligence have continued to heat up, but US President Trump has publicly stated that concerns about AI security are a hoax and opposes the addition of more regulatory protection mechanisms (guardrail) for this rapidly developing technology.
He cited reports that the cause of the incident was Jack Clark, co-founder of AI giant Anthropic, who proposed that dangerous AI kill switches (kill switches) that can be verified by third parties may need to become mandatory in the industry in the future. In the past few days, executives and employees of many leading AI companies have spoken out, warning of the existential risks that technology may bring to humanity. Related concerns also triggered a general selloff in technology stocks on Monday, as investors assessed the potential impact of the slowdown in industry development.
In addition to trends in the technology field, this course also focuses on the latest status of the Emmy Awards, a major award in the American television industry. Welsh actor Matthew Rhys made Emmy history by becoming the first artist to win two lead acting prizes on the same night.
According to reports, Reese won the best actor in a limited series for the psychological thriller “The Beast In Me” and the best actor in a comedy for the supernatural comedy “Widow’s Bay.” Although many actors have been nominated for double leading roles in the same year before, no one has ever achieved double awards. In a backstage interview, Reese said he was delighted to be playing for his country, Wales.Wales) to win glory, proving that this small nation can always burst out energy beyond expectations.
During the live broadcast, Zhang Chaoyang analyzed key English words based on the news content, including hoax (scam),guardrail(Regulatory protection mechanism), kill switch, selloff, lead acting prize, limited series, humanitarian award, etc.
