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Elon Musk claims the US government had ‘full access’ to private Twitter DMs
Twitter CEO Elon Musk claimed in an interview that the U.S. government has “full access” to users’ private direct messages, saying knowing that information blew his mind.
In an excerpt of his Fox News interview with host Tucker Carlson, Musk told Carlson that he was shocked to find out about the government’s ability to read users’ direct messages on his platform.
“The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind,” Musk, who recently founded an artificial intelligence company called X.AI, told Carlson in the interview set to air on Tuesday. “I was not aware of that.”
“Would that include people’s DMs?” Carlson asked Musk.
“Yes,” Musk replied to Carlson.
Musk also expressed his concern about the latest wave of artificial intelligence, referred to as A.I., telling Carlson that he believes the technology has the potential to destroy civilization.
“AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance, or bad car production in the sense that it has the potential — however small one may regard that probability, but it is non-trivial — it has the potential for civilizational destruction,” Musk said.
The remarks come as Musk, who officially purchased the social media platform last month, has embroiled himself in another feud with National Public Radio (NPR), an independent news organization.
NPR announced last week that it would let its Twitter accounts go dormant and no longer post on the social media platform in response to Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label to a number of media outlets that receive some public funding.
Twitter then dropped the “state-affiliated” label and changed it to say “government funded,” after receiving widespread pushback from the decision.
In a statement, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that NPR is an independent news organization, saying “If anyone were to follow their coverage, it is clear that they are indeed an independent news organization.”
注释：
embroil: v
表示" 使卷入；使陷入；牵连"，means "force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action"，如：I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems. 我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。
feud: n; v
表示" 长期不和；争执"，means "a bitter quarrel between two parties"，如：The two tribes were long at feud with each other. 这两个部族长期不和。
dormant: adj
表示"休眠的；睡眠的；静止的；"，means "in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation"，如：Many living things are dormant in winter. 很多生物到了冬季都休眠。
affiliated: adj.
表示"附属的；有关联的"，means "being joined in close association"，如：High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong. 上海交通大学附中。
pushback：n
表示" 推迟；阻力"，如：We also need a pushback against biofuels, which turn out to have been a terrible mistake. 我们还应该推迟生物燃料，因为这已经成为严重的错误。AOL received more pushback than they expected, and would sort of let things stand for a while. 当年AOL得到了比预期要多的阻力，所以把事情搁置一段时间。
中文简要说明：
社群媒体公司推特（Twitter Inc.）执行长马斯克（Elon Musk）近日受访时爆料，美国政府能「完全查看」推特用户的私人讯息，知道这件事时让他大吃一惊。另外针对人工智能（AI）风潮，他担忧会「摧毁文明」。
综合美国「国会山庄报」（The Hill）、「富比世」（Forbes）网站报导，福斯新闻频道（Fox News）即将在18日晚间播映明星主持人卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）近期对马斯克的专访，部分预告内容已于17日释出。
其中最引人热议的是马斯克称，美国政府能「完全查看」推特用户的私人讯息，他说：「各个机构能完全读取推特上所有事的程度让我大吃一惊。」
卡尔森接着追问：「包括用户的私人讯息吗？」马斯克回应：「对呀。」
这段14秒预告片至今吸引百万人次观看，不过影片中并未包含更多相关细节，目前尚不清楚马斯克是否在访谈中有更完整的解说。
富比世记者诺瓦克（Matt Novak）撰文指出，马斯克的谈话必须厘清以下几大类问题，包括：第一，他是否指的是在法院命令下，政府得以要求查看用户讯息，例如在法院命令下，美国联邦调查局（FBI）得以取得科技公司的数据；第二，如果不用法院授权，美国政府如何查看推特用户讯息？政府是经常性查看用户私讯吗？第三，马斯克及推特员工也能查看用户私讯吗？
除了用户私讯被看光光引发关注外，马斯克也提到对AI引发的新一波风潮感到担忧，称AI比管理不佳的飞机设计、生产维护、或是糟糕的汽车生产更危险，甚至「有潜力造成文明毁灭」。
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Elon Musk claims the US government had ‘full access’ to private Twitter DMs
Twitter CEO Elon Musk claimed in an interview that the U.S. government has “full access” to users’ private direct messages, saying knowing that information blew his mind.
In an excerpt of his Fox News interview with host Tucker Carlson, Musk told Carlson that he was shocked to find out about the government’s ability to read users’ direct messages on his platform.
“The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind,” Musk, who recently founded an artificial intelligence company called X.AI, told Carlson in the interview set to air on Tuesday. “I was not aware of that.”
“Would that include people’s DMs?” Carlson asked Musk.
“Yes,” Musk replied to Carlson.
Musk also expressed his concern about the latest wave of artificial intelligence, referred to as A.I., telling Carlson that he believes the technology has the potential to destroy civilization.
“AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance, or bad car production in the sense that it has the potential — however small one may regard that probability, but it is non-trivial — it has the potential for civilizational destruction,” Musk said.
The remarks come as Musk, who officially purchased the social media platform last month, has embroiled himself in another feud with National Public Radio (NPR), an independent news organization.
NPR announced last week that it would let its Twitter accounts go dormant and no longer post on the social media platform in response to Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label to a number of media outlets that receive some public funding.
Twitter then dropped the “state-affiliated” label and changed it to say “government funded,” after receiving widespread pushback from the decision.
In a statement, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that NPR is an independent news organization, saying “If anyone were to follow their coverage, it is clear that they are indeed an independent news organization.”
注释：
embroil: v
表示" 使卷入；使陷入；牵连"，means "force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action"，如：I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems. 我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。
feud: n; v
表示" 长期不和；争执"，means "a bitter quarrel between two parties"，如：The two tribes were long at feud with each other. 这两个部族长期不和。
dormant: adj
表示"休眠的；睡眠的；静止的；"，means "in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation"，如：Many living things are dormant in winter. 很多生物到了冬季都休眠。
affiliated: adj.
表示"附属的；有关联的"，means "being joined in close association"，如：High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong. 上海交通大学附中。
pushback：n
表示" 推迟；阻力"，如：We also need a pushback against biofuels, which turn out to have been a terrible mistake. 我们还应该推迟生物燃料，因为这已经成为严重的错误。AOL received more pushback than they expected, and would sort of let things stand for a while. 当年AOL得到了比预期要多的阻力，所以把事情搁置一段时间。
中文简要说明：
社群媒体公司推特（Twitter Inc.）执行长马斯克（Elon Musk）近日受访时爆料，美国政府能「完全查看」推特用户的私人讯息，知道这件事时让他大吃一惊。另外针对人工智能（AI）风潮，他担忧会「摧毁文明」。
综合美国「国会山庄报」（The Hill）、「富比世」（Forbes）网站报导，福斯新闻频道（Fox News）即将在18日晚间播映明星主持人卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）近期对马斯克的专访，部分预告内容已于17日释出。
其中最引人热议的是马斯克称，美国政府能「完全查看」推特用户的私人讯息，他说：「各个机构能完全读取推特上所有事的程度让我大吃一惊。」
卡尔森接着追问：「包括用户的私人讯息吗？」马斯克回应：「对呀。」
这段14秒预告片至今吸引百万人次观看，不过影片中并未包含更多相关细节，目前尚不清楚马斯克是否在访谈中有更完整的解说。
富比世记者诺瓦克（Matt Novak）撰文指出，马斯克的谈话必须厘清以下几大类问题，包括：第一，他是否指的是在法院命令下，政府得以要求查看用户讯息，例如在法院命令下，美国联邦调查局（FBI）得以取得科技公司的数据；第二，如果不用法院授权，美国政府如何查看推特用户讯息？政府是经常性查看用户私讯吗？第三，马斯克及推特员工也能查看用户私讯吗？
除了用户私讯被看光光引发关注外，马斯克也提到对AI引发的新一波风潮感到担忧，称AI比管理不佳的飞机设计、生产维护、或是糟糕的汽车生产更危险，甚至「有潜力造成文明毁灭」。
留言微信公众号《自然学英语LearnNaturally》，可咨询更多！