AI companies argue over a pause | Beginner German class Nº072

Today's story: AI companies argue over a pause. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in German: KI-Firmen streiten über eine Pause

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:39) Three more stories today

(01:36) Today's headline, slowly

(02:21) Supporting an idea

(03:13) Being in favour

(04:04) Less room

(05:02) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

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TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT

KI-Firmen streiten über eine Pause

Viele Chefs im Silicon Valley unterstützen eine Pause bei der KI-Entwicklung.

Kleine KI-Firmen haben Angst um ihren Platz im Markt.

Auch große Firmen wie OpenAI und Microsoft sind für die Pause.

Ein Experte sagt: Die starken Firmen bekommen dann mehr vom Markt.

Dann haben kleine Firmen weniger Platz im Markt.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (unterstützen)

- vocabulary (ihren Platz)

- vocabulary (für die Pause)

- vocabulary (bekommen)

- vocabulary (weniger)

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