If you asked people to name the five ranks of the British peerage, I’d guess that most would stumble over “marquess”. It doesn’t seem to come naturally to mind, and it is not a common title: there are only extant 33 marquesses who do not also hold a higher title. Yet it is a very senior rank, second only to the dukes, and hardly an innovation. The first marquessate was created in 1385, and the premier marquess in the UK, the Marquess of Winchester, holds a title which dates from 1551.

Hello readers, in this weekly issue, I’d like to discuss the implication of Llama 3 for China’s AI industry. Baidu’s ERNIE Bot reached a milestone of 200 million users. According to Stanford University’s latest report, China has produced 15 notable models in 2023, compared to the 61 models from the U.S. What’s New: On April 18, Meta unveiled its latest open-source Llama 3 series, which showcases superior performance over Llama 2.

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When the Danny Masterson trial began, both sides issued witness lists that we publicized on October 13. The list for the prosecution included 13 members of law enforcement, 22 civilians, and 1 expert. Of those, the prosecution actually called 4 members of law enforcement, 9 civilians, and 1 expert during the trial. Among the witnesses not called by the prosecution was a former Scientologist by the name of Damian Perkins.

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