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Jay-Z's final Yankee Stadium show was a trip down memory lane. See the surprise celebrity guests he brought onstage.

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Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z. Courtesy of Roc Nation Jay-Z concluded his star-studded three-night residency at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. The final show, titled "Extra Innings," featured musicians from across the rapper's long career. BeyoncĂ©, Usher, and Rihanna were among the guests brought onstage. On Sunday, New York City's Yankee Stadium was certainly a concrete jungle where dreams are made of — at least, for the thousands of Jay-Z fans who waited hours to see the rapper take the stage for the third and final night of his residency there. A four-hour delay caused the show to kick off around 12:15 a.m., instead of the scheduled 8 p.m. In a joint statement, Roc Nation and Yankee Stadium told Business Insider that "hundreds of individuals in large groups — who did not have tickets to tonight's performance — stormed over peaceful ticketholders, and in some cases, breached security," which led to the gates being closed for "an extended period of time....

Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

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Zac Bowden / Windows Central : Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders   —  Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/t29ExGI

Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

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Nilay Patel / The Verge : Q&A with Xinzhou Wu, head of automotive at Nvidia, on Nvidia's chips and AI models for autonomous driving, lidar's usefulness for Level 4 autonomy, and more   —  Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need lidar  —  Today, I'm talking with Xinzhou Wu, who is the head of automotive at Nvidia. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tUGW48R

Sam Atman shares the 'most reliable' way to tell that ChatGPT 5.6 is now the best model in the world

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have a troubled relationship. Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting again. The two AI leaders went at it on social media after an Apple lawsuit against OpenAI became public. Musk and Altman's troubled relationship dates back to when they cofounded OpenAI in 2015. It's Altman vs. Musk yet again. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the recent bout of attention he's received from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk must mean his company is doing good work. "There are a lot of benchmarks that suggest 5.6 sol is the best model in the world right now," Altman wrote on X on Saturday, referring to his company's latest model. "But the most reliable way to tell is that elon is obsessed with me again." Musk turned his attention back to Altman after Apple filed a bombshell lawsuit on Friday, accusing OpenAI, its hardware partner io, and two former App...

OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg : OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending   —  Three prominent artificial intelligence developers released new models over the past week.  They all promise to be more advanced … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/d0X49Kg

The leaders responsible for keeping OpenAI's AI safe keep leaving

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waves to cameras as he arrives for the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images OpenAI said its head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, has left. Heidecke is the latest in an ever-growing list of safety team leaders to quit the company. Some departing safety researchers have questioned OpenAI's commitment to developing AI safely. Another leader of OpenAI's safety strategy is leaving, joining an ever-growing list of employees who have left the company's safety and alignment teams in recent years. Johannes Heidecke, the head of OpenAI's Safety Systems team, is departing as the company reorganizes its safety and research work under a single leader. "We're grateful for Johannes' contributions to OpenAI," Mark Chen, OpenAI's chief research officer, told Business Insider. "We're excited for this next chapter under Mia Glaese's leadership across research and safety." ...

Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 (The Economic Times)

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The Economic Times : Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19   —  In a post on X, the company said, “We're extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19.” from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OC85Rgx