savant
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During an interview with the Zach Sang show in 2024, she spoke about a song called Fantasize, written with Swedish pop savant Max Martin, which went viral after being posted online.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
OpenAI, wanting to control its own destiny, teamed up with Apple’s former design savant Jony Ive to make its own AI device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
An Alabama-born engineer seen as a supply-chain savant, Tim Cook took on the daunting challenge of succeeding Apple's iconic boss Steve Jobs 15 years ago.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
This hire is either a masterstroke that fuels the Trojans’ return to glory — or the point of no return for a head coach desperate to prove he’s not just a one-dimensional offensive savant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
And even though I’m still in 7th-grade math and everyone—from the principal to all my classmates—knows I’m a savant, it’s more or less okay.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
The few perceived as AI savants can command multimillion-dollar pay packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
“Oh, Mary!” is the kind of instant sensation that’s all too rare these days, one so undeniable it immediately breaks through the crowd of theater savants to a wider audience of curious patrons.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
For the sibling pop savants, work and family have long been intertwined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
Basketball savants want to ensure the greatness of those HBCUs is not overlooked when debating the best teams ever.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
I have been to their meetings and heard one of these savants talk while ten snored.
From Running Sands by Kauffman, Reginald Wright
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