今日主播孙昌岳：
德国联邦采购物流协会的最新调查结果显示，56%的企业希望扩大在中国的采购。
据悉，该协会有9000名企业会员，包括汽车技术供应商博世、汽车零配件供应商采埃孚等公司。在去年9月的调查中，只有34%的受访企业曾表示希望进一步扩大在中国的采购活动——大约是同年1月的一半。而今年，计划在中国扩大业务的受访者上升到了56%。
据德媒报道，大多数德国公司反对德国联邦政府宣布的减少对华依赖的政策。这主要是因为德国稀土、制药工业和光伏系统的初级产品需要依靠外部进口，而且在改变采购市场时，也存在着成本显著增加的风险。根据德国IFO经济研究所所长福斯特的计算，近岸外包，即将公司采购迁到土耳其、北非或邻近的欧洲国家，将使德国内生产总值减少4.17%。
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Ford Expects Its EV Business to Be Solidly Profitable by the End of 2026
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3月23日，福特汽车披露，其名为福特Model e的电动汽车部门在2022年亏损21亿美元，到2023年，亏损或达30亿美元。
Ford Motor disclosed Thursday that its electric vehicle unit, called Ford Model e, lost $2.1 billion in 2022 — and could lose as much as $3 billion in 2023.
但该公司也预测，其电动汽车业务将出现大幅好转，重申预计该业务将在 2026 年底实现稳定盈利。
But the company also forecast a drastic turnaround, reiterating that it expects its EV business to be solidly profitable by the end of 2026.
“我们已经看到了Model e 盈利能力改善的萌芽，”福特首席财务官约翰·劳勒周四在投资者活动中表示，“从贡献率的角度来看，我们预计Model e 将在今年年底接近盈亏平衡，并且到2024 年，相信我们的第一代产品可以实现息税前利润为正值。”
“We’re already seeing green shoots of the improvements in the profitability of Model e,” Ford CFO John Lawler said Thursday during the investor event. “From a contribution margin perspective, we expect Model e to approach breakeven at the end of this year, and, in 2024, we believe our first generation products can be EBIT margin positive.”
但劳勒表示，Model e作为一个整体暂时还不会盈利，因为福特将进行大量投资以扩大生产规模并推出更多新的电动汽车车型。
But Model e as a whole won’t be profitable for a while yet, Lawler said, because of the heavy investments Ford will be making to scale up production and roll out more new EV models.
福特的目标是到2026年底该部门的息税前利润率达到 8%。
Ford is targeting a positive EBIT margin of 8% for the unit by the end of 2026.
Bill Gates Says OpenAI’s GPT Is the Most Important Advance in Technology since 1980
微软公司联合创始人比尔·盖茨日前表示，OpenAI的GPT AI模型是他自1980年首次看到现代图形桌面环境（GUI）以来，最具革命性的技术进步。
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that OpenAI’s GPT AI model is the most revolutionary advance in technology since he first saw a modern graphical desktop environment (GUI) in 1980.
盖茨表示，“人工智能的发展与微处理器、个人电脑、互联网和移动电话的诞生一样重要。它将改变人们工作、学习、旅行、获得医疗保健以及彼此交流的方式。整个行业都将围绕它重新定位。企业将通过如何使用它来区分自己。”
“The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone. It will change the way people work, learn, travel, get health care, and communicate with each other. Entire industries will reorient around it. Businesses will distinguish themselves by how well they use it,” Gates said.
盖茨建议，人们在谈论人工智能时，应该在对它的偏见、错误或不友好的恐惧与它能够改善生活的潜力之间取得“平衡”。
Gates suggests that people talking about AI should “balance fears” of biased, wrong or unfriendly tools with its potential to improve lives.