科技英語：競爭白熱化，OpenAI CEO親自下場手撕谷歌

Sam Altman isn't afraid to stir the pot a bit in the AI race, and his latest post took aim at Google.
薩姆·奧特曼在AI競賽中不怕引起爭議，他最近的一篇帖子就瞄準了谷歌。

OpenAI and Google held their biggest events of the year so far, a day apart from each other — and AI was the theme of both.
OpenAI和谷歌在一日之內(nèi)舉行了今年最大的活動，主題都是AI。

OpenAI announced its new flagship AI model, GPT-4o, which "can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time." A day later, Google announced various updates to its AI models — including a new AI agent called "Project Astra," and the future of Google Search.
OpenAI發(fā)布了其新的旗艦AI模型GPT-4o，該模型“可以實時跨越音頻、視覺和文本進行推理”。一天后，谷歌宣布了其AI模型的各種更新——包括一個名為“Project Astra”的新AI代理，以及谷歌搜索的未來。

But instead of coming after Google's AI offerings, Altman threw some shade at Google's aesthetic. The CEO posted a side-by-side image on X, formerly Twitter, of OpenAI's event with Google I/O next to it.
但奧特曼并沒有直接攻擊谷歌的AI產(chǎn)品，而是對谷歌的美學進行了嘲諷。這位CEO在X（前身為Twitter）上發(fā)布了一張對比圖，將OpenAI的活動和Google I/O活動放在一起。

"I try not to think about competitors too much, but I cannot stop thinking about the aesthetic difference between OpenAI and Google," he wrote.
“我盡量不太關(guān)注競爭對手，但我無法停止思考OpenAI和谷歌之間的美學差異，”他寫道。
On the left, OpenAI researchers are sitting on a couch in dim lighting trying out the new GPT-4o in a vaguely midcentury modern office space. On the right, Google's vast outdoor stage almost resembles a movie set. The image shows a small crowd in front of a brightly lit stage with fake windows and clouds, and Google's famous rainbow colors on the wall behind it.
左邊是OpenAI研究人員在昏暗的燈光下坐在沙發(fā)上，試用新的GPT-4o，背景是一個模糊的中世紀現(xiàn)代辦公空間。右邊是谷歌的廣闊戶外舞臺，幾乎像一個電影布景。圖片顯示在一個亮光舞臺前面有一小群人，舞臺上有假窗戶和云彩，背后的墻上是谷歌著名的彩虹顏色。

Altman's point is clear: OpenAI's event looks sleeker and more intimate, while Google looks like a large-scale production.
奧特曼的觀點很明確：OpenAI的活動看起來更時尚且更親密，而谷歌則像是一個大規(guī)模的制作。

The general structure and style of both events also differed. Google's event was nearly two hours long and featured music looper Marc Rebillet of TikTok and YouTube fame warming up the crowd with the help of AI. OpenAI's was under 30 minutes and held in its offices.
兩場活動的整體結(jié)構(gòu)和風格也有所不同。谷歌的活動持續(xù)了近兩個小時，TikTok和YouTube上著名的音樂循環(huán)師Marc Rebillet借助AI熱場。OpenAI的活動在其辦公室舉行，不到30分鐘。

Google I/O featured over half a dozen speakers, including CEO Sundar Pichai, who opened the event and spoke again at its closing. Meanwhile, OpenAI only had a few speakers and Sam Altman never made an appearance in the livestream.
Google I/O有超過六位演講者，包括CEO桑達爾·皮查伊，他開場并在閉幕時再次發(fā)言。與此同時，OpenAI只有幾位演講者，薩姆·奧特曼在直播中從未露面。

At least one Google employee was quick to clap back at the OpenAI CEO.
至少有一位谷歌員工迅速回應了OpenAI CEO的言論。

Less than two hours after Altman's post on X, Zachary Nado, whose profile lists him as a research engineer at Google Brain, posted a response. The Googler wrote that, for a CEO who claims he doesn't think about competitors much, it's "interesting how all your launches are timed with ours then."
奧特曼在X上的帖子發(fā)布不到兩小時后，一位名為扎卡里·納多（Zachary Nado）的谷歌大腦研究工程師在回復中寫道：對于一個聲稱不太關(guān)注競爭對手的CEO來說，“有趣的是，你們的所有發(fā)布會都與我們的時間一致。”

While the Google engineer said that he was just "bantering" and has a lot of respect for OpenAI researchers, the back-and-forth highlights the rivalry between the two companies as they race to create the top AI products.
雖然那位谷歌工程師表示，他只是“開玩笑”，并且對OpenAI研究人員非常尊重，但這種來回的言論突顯了兩家公司在爭奪頂級AI產(chǎn)品方面的競爭。