Week two - US, Cuba relation

President Obama Declares a 'New Day' in U.S.-Cuba Relations After Castro Meeting

Maya Rhodan  Mar 22, 2016 3:17 AM

President Barack Obama hailed "a new day" in the relations between the U.S. and Cuba on Monday as he spoke alongside Cuban President Raúl Castro following a historic bilateral meeting.

"For more than half a century, the sight of a U.S. President in Havana would have been unimaginable, but this is a new day," Obama said.

The leaders' remarks followed a bilateral meeting at the Revolutionary Palace on Monday, the first major event of Obama's historic trip to the island nation. He is the first U.S. President to visit Cuba in 88 years.

Both leaders made clear that though profound differences between the two countries remain, they hope to find common ground as they improve relations.

The issue of human rights is the biggest disagreement between the U.S. and Cuba, given Cuba's detention of political prisoners. During a question-and-answer session, Castro was asked about political prisoners, but he denied that any were being held, and asked the reporter who asked the question to provide him with a list.

Castro also went on the attack against the U.S., criticizing Americans for "political manipulation and double standards" on human rights and calling the lack of access to health care, education and equal pay in the U.S. "inexcusable."

Obama implied that both countries have work to do to further normalize relations."The U.S. will continue to speak up on behalf of democracy," he said, "including the right of the Cuban people to decide their own future."

http://time.com/4266394/obama-cuba-castro-meeting/?iid=sr-link1

Structure of the Lead：

WHO- President Obama and President Raúl Castro

WHEN- After 88 years

WHAT- President Obama first meet Cuba

WHY- "A new day" in the relationships between U.S and Cuba

WHERE- In Cuba

HOW-  By a historic bilateral meeting

keywords

1. alongside 在...旁邊

2. bilateral 雙方的
3. profound 意義深遠的
4. detention 監禁
5. session 會議
6. manipulation 操縱
7. lack 需要
8. access 進入
9. normalize 使正常化
10. democracy 民主精神

Week one - Alpha Go, Lee Sedol

IBM's Top Researcher: A Win for Computers Is a Win for Humans

     John E. Kelly Mar 21, 2016

Google's AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence system designed expressly to win the ancient Chinese game of Go, recently defeated grandmaster Lee Se-Dol four times during a five-game match. Go had been a pursuit of AI researchers for decades, and the computer scientists who achieved this impressive milestone deserve congratulations, as does Se-Dol for his vital role in this exhibition.

Despite these challenges, cognitive computing is already making a profound difference, augmenting the expertise of humans to help us tackle the messiness and complexity that is everyday life. What’s more, it promises to be an engine for high-value job creation, opening up entirely new domains for skilled data workers and a rich, open platform upon which developers can innovate.

Today’s most cutting-edge work is focused on augmenting humans’ ability to understand and act upon the complex systems that make up our world. Watson is an example of this advanced technology already at work. Shortly after the Jeopardy! matches aired, we set aside game buzzers in favor of tackling a series of important business and societal challenges around the world.Success will not be measured by how many games are won or lost, but rather the numbers of lives made healthier, students better educated, ecological disasters avoided and incidents of financial malfeasance prevented. Those are the victories that history will value most .

http://time.com/4264205/artificial-intelligence-games/?iid=sr-link2

Structure of the Lead：

WHO- Google's AlphaGoWHEN- Not mention in the articalWHAT- AIWHY-To help humans in everyday lifeWHERE- GoogleHOW-  By artificial intelligence system

keywords

1. intelligence 智能

2. pursuit 工作

3. milestone 轉折點

4. cognitive 認識的

5. augment 增加

6. expertise 專門技術

7. messiness 混亂

8. domain 領域

9. innovate 創新

10. buzzer 嗡嗡作聲的東西