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🟡 After his dramatic breakup with CNN and failed partnership with Elon Musk’s X, Don Lemon now has almost 800,000 subscribers on YouTube. This week on Mixed Signals, @semaforben and @maxwelltani bring on the broadcaster-turned-streamer to discuss what he’s learned in the
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Ghislaine Maxwell told the Justice Department last month during a series of interviews that she does not believe Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide.
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The close associate of the late sex trafficker sat down with the deputy attorney general last month while seeking a pardon from the president.
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Polling gets an AI assist.
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OpenResearch tested whether people would give better and longer responses to AI chatbots. They will.
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RT @Eleanor_Mueller: NEW: Crypto’s rapid ascension to campaign kingmaker didn’t happen in a vacuum. Of the 65 races Fairshake spent in las….
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Japan commits $5.5B in loans to Africa at major summit.
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The East Asian nation is positioning itself as a reliable partner at a time when the US and UK governments have made huge cuts to foreign aid.
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Long-promised Burundi-Tanzania rail corridor kicks off.
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The $2.15 billion 175-mile electrified line is a key leg of the “Central Corridor” project that has been on the cards for over a decade.
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Throwing a lifeline to Intel in the form of equity ownership is a smart move — but the US needs to think bigger in the global semiconductor race, @ReedAlbergotti argues. Read more in Semafor Tech ↓
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RT @ReedAlbergotti: I had a great interview with @runwayml CTO @agermanidis. Wrote an article but it was so interes….
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How California’s attorney general plans to ‘fight fire with fire’.
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Bonta spoke to Semafor about suing the Trump administration and California’s new maps.
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Semafor has removed this story. The information it was based on — a story by another outlet based on an interview with Space42’s CEO — was incorrect.
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Semafor has removed this story. The information it was based on — a story by another outlet based on an interview with Space42’s CEO — was incorrect.
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RT @ReedAlbergotti: Fascinating research: AI chatbots could enable a new kind of polling (of humans) that ekes out a lot more information t….
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OpenResearch tested whether people would give better and longer responses to AI chatbots. They will.
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El Salvador’s Bukele polices school haircuts.
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The president defended the ‘disciplinary measures’ which come as he tries to reshape every facet of life in El Salvador.
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Kuwait unveils revised Vision 2035 economic plan.
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The plan aims to speed up the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and reduce reliance on the state budget by attracting foreign capital.
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Berlin bids for tourists as other European cities spurn them.
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The German capital has been promoting its art scene, clubs, and palaces to would-be visitors wary of anger from locals in places like Italy and Spain.
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Artificial intelligence has largely failed to generate returns for business despite mammoth spending, according to a new study that has rattled tech investors.
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The MIT research found that, of more than 300 organizations analyzed, 95% saw zero financial returns for their AI efforts.
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Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., and Andrew Schulz are on the bill for the Riyadh Comedy Festival next month.
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Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., and Andrew Schulz are on the bill for the the Riyadh Comedy Festival next month.
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Listen to the full interview with @maxwelltani and @semaforben on Mixed Signals: Watch it on YouTube:.
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"I went into it thinking that I was getting into business with adults," Don Lemon says of his failed partnership with Elon Musk's X. "I did think that, considering the platform . that the people who ran that platform and the person who did, would believe in free speech. "
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell sends unmistakable signal that interest rate cuts are coming.
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“The baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance,” Powell said in his speech to policymakers at their annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole.
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Germany’s economy shrinks as outlook looks bleak.
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The country’s GDP contraction was worse than expected in the second quarter.
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