Sam's Enchanted Egg

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Fortunately, there was so much clanking from the knight’s armour that nobody heard. He seemed to be re-enacting a great battle, and Sam was only able to catch a few words here and there above the general clatter. When Nicholas arrived at the town, he saw at once that Stephen had not been exaggerating. In fact, ‘a right turmoil’ was an understatement. Men scurried to and fro on the streets and battlements. The town gates were closed. There were more fire engines in the streets than Nicholas had ever seen before. Worst of all, they seemed to know he was coming and be ready for him with a plan. He had used his best dragon-craft, flying at tree-top height to the edge of the forest and then hedge-hopping across the fields to the town, but it was as if the people had dragon-sight.

Sam nodded thoughtfully, and he too seemed to put all his concentration into their progress through the dark wood. At least until he found the right words. The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog. OpenAI scheduled an emergency all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss the news with employees, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. About the Author Stephen Corcoran was born in 1936 in Murree, which is now in Pakistan, where his father had been posted as an army doctor. The family returned to England when Stephen was a toddler and settled in the seaside town of Littlehampton. Here Stephen gained a great love and knowledge of the sea. Throughout his life, he was always happy to be messing about in water – with or without boats. On leaving school, this being soon after the Second World War, Stephen was called to do national service. At the age of 19, he was in charge of a platoon of three tanks in the Royal Tank Regiment. Afterwards, he went up to Trinity, Oxford, where he read Greats (a combination of Ancient Greek, Latin, Ancient History, Philosophy and Logic). This was where he met the love of his life, Jennifer. They were married in 1962 and spent 55 happy years together. During his working life, Stephen had two office jobs – the Home Office and the Foreign Office. In the Home Office, as an Inspector of Factories, he ensured that safe conditions were maintained in factories and other workplaces. Many people, without knowing it, were saved from injury, or worse, by his twenty-five years of diligent effort. His time in the Foreign Office was a short spell at the British embassy in Athens - his key qualification being that he had studied Ancient Greek at university. As Labour Attaché, Stephen studied the system of Worker Participation in nearby countries, where factories belonged to the workforce and profits funded services like schools and hospitals for the workers and their families. When he retired, Stephen moved to Bronington in Wales, where he enjoyed the simple activities of a country life. He collected wood for the fire, kept an extensive vegetable garden, laid his own hedges and helped his neighbours with herding their cows. He also kept up lifelong interests in boats, cards and wine, being an active member of the local sailing, bridge and wine clubs. He died, aged 80, in 2017. Sam Dragon was a story told, in various forms and at various times, to Stephen’s three children. A man of impressive imagination and wit, Stephen could produce stories ‘on demand’ and in great variety. Sadly, this story is the only one that was written down. The manuscript, partly typed and partly hand-written, was found among his personal effects. Sam listened, aghast, as Matilda’s father described floating fire engines that could shoot water from the lake all the way up to their cave.The launch of ChatGPT elevated his profile significantly – he has been called the father of ChatGPT and the “ Oppenheimer of our age”. Earlier this year he traveled on a 22-country tour in which he met with world leaders, including Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi, among others. My master and I thank you for the warm welcome we have received from the people of Roebridge and for the honour of being greeted by your worship in person,” she said loudly, for the people to hear, but then she dropped her voice almost to a whisper as she continued, “but maybe it would be best if we retired to a more private location to discuss business.” Nobody really knew what to say after that, and it was left to Mrs Scroggins to break the silence. She was not very knowledgeable about etiquette – she had certainly never heard anyone explain how to behave if you had a dragon and a knight as unexpected guests – so she tried to imagine how one of the fine ladies from the town would act. What would the mayor’s wife say? On leaving school, this being soon after the Second World War, Stephen was called to do national service. At the age of 19, he was in charge of a platoon of three tanks in the Royal Tank Regiment. Afterwards, he went up to Trinity, Oxford, where he read Greats (a combination of Ancient Greek, Latin, Ancient History, Philosophy and Logic). This was where he met the love of his life, Jennifer. They were married in 1962 and spent 55 happy years together.

Sam soared into the air. Far off, he saw the knight on his white charger, so he zoomed down and made the poor fellow’s horse bolt – straight towards Matilda’s cottage. Sam leapt at the wolves, catching one in his jaws, one with a claw and sending another spinning with a sweep of his tail. The others ran off howling. The maiden took one look at Sam and fell down in a swoon. Well, what a pair you two make,” said Mrs Scroggins, looking them both over, “So much alike and so much different. Two halves of a puzzle that won’t be put together.” It was a rare old battle,” said the woodcutter, “That big dragon scorched half the forest, but he couldn’t stand up to the new engines.”

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Altman has been regarded as the leading voice in the AI field since his company released ChatGPT in November 2022. The generative AI chatbot accrued more than 100 million users in less than a year. When he retired, Stephen moved to Bronington in Wales, where he enjoyed the simple activities of a country life. He collected wood for the fire, kept an extensive vegetable garden, laid his own hedges and helped his neighbours with herding their cows. He also kept up lifelong interests in boats, cards and wine, being an active member of the local sailing, bridge and wine clubs. He died, aged 80, in 2017.

The diddle-umming was now loud and close and revealed itself as proceeding from the saddlebags of a beautifully turned out knight on a white charger. He rode into the clearing, stopped, reached into his saddle-bags and turned off the music. Maybe you should go and congratulate the hero of the hour,” said Matilda, taking the pouch and ushering the mayor towards the open doorway, “We will have to be going very soon, and you don’t want to miss the portrait opportunity.” That was my idea,” whispered Sam to himself in disbelief, “He’s stealing everything. He’s just a thief.”

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Okay, wolfy boy, wouldn’t mind some aggro,” said Sam, emerging, “Now that you mention it, dinner time approaches.”

Yer, I ‘av,” growled the boss, and Sam was suddenly aware of a dozen more pairs of eyes gleaming out from the pools of darkness between the trees, “At ‘em lads!”

He used to come home at supper time saying he was not hungry. Once Stephen thought he saw a bit of wolf between Sam’s teeth. At first Sam did as he was told. He looked around the cave, but there was nothing unusual or fun there. So he went to the front of the cave and threw a few bones into the lake. It was so far down that he couldn’t hear the splash, unless he listened very carefully. Then he went on to the ledge to practise flapping his wings. He worked hard at it. Suddenly his feet lifted off the ground.