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Is this AI’s LEAST likely cheerleader? Blackstone’s 77-year-old Republican megadonor CEO has pumped half a billion into cutting-edge tech – even though he still uses a flip phone and says ’email’ is his favorite app

When you think of leaders in artificial intelligence, you probably picture sneaker-wearing, baby-faced Silicon Valley-types like Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman. But one of the the biggest funders of AI is 77-year-old Blackstone CEO and Republican megadonor Steve Schwarzman – who says his favorite app is ’email.’ Schwarzman, who was still using a basic flip phone

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Taylor Swift, Drake and other major artists PULLED from TikTok after negotiations failed to extend deal for millions of songs … was YOUR favorite tune removed?

TikTok has said goodbye to hundreds of major music artists’ content Thursday after it failed to strike a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group. Artists including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, Drake, and others were among those removed from the platform following the expiration of a three-year agreement between Universal Music Group (UMG).

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Presidential Favorite in Indonesia Stirs Fears of ‘Death of Democracy’

He hoped to succeed Indonesia’s longtime dictator. He ordered the kidnappings of pro-democracy activists. He was accused of atrocities during the ruthless military occupation of East Timor. He has said elections run counter to his country’s culture. Even so, Prabowo Subianto has spent the past two decades trying his hand at democratic politics, donning different

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The World in Stories: 13 Favorite Dispatches From 2023

Bearing witness, at close range and often at great risk, is the essence of a dispatch, and in 2023, our correspondents filed 80 of them from 37 countries, capturing the human experience from almost every angle: the good, the bad and the wrenching. In a year marked by conflicts, dozens of dispatches came directly from

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The Year in People: Our 12 Favorite Saturday Profiles of 2023

A teenager jailed in Egypt, determined to bear witness to the abuses he suffered during years of detention. A proponent of peace in Colombia, shadowed by death threats. A father in India, fighting his own patriarchal impulses to give his two daughters a better life. With reports from six continents and 34 countries, the Saturday

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