A better integral for the normal distribution
For a standard normal random variable Z, the probability that Z exceeds some cutoff z is given by If you wanted to compute this probability numerically, you could obviously evaluate its defining integral numerically. But as is often the case in numerical analysis, the most obvious approach is not the
Read moreTop court orders ban on Elon Musk’s X in Brazil
A top court in Brazil ordered an immediate, country-wide suspension of the X platform on Friday after a months-long legal battle with Elon Musk’s social media company over content moderation, according to Bloomberg. The court added that anyone using VPN to access the X platform would be subject to
Read moreInvestors are already valuing OpenAI at over $100B on the secondaries market
OpenAI is in talks to raise a new round of funding at an eye-popping $100 billion-plus valuation, sources told The Wall Street Journal this week. It turns out investors have already proven they are willing to value the company that high to get on OpenAI’s coveted cap table. Multiple companies
Read moreRedfin is already trying to defend against a new flat-fee real estate startup
Redfin is responding to a new startup that is hoping to upend the way people search for and buy homes by offering a flat-see service. On August 29, TechCrunch reported that a startup called Landian had emerged from stealth to offer homebuyers a way to tour and make offers on
Read moreApple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner
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Read moreAirbnb and fashion app By Rotation partner for free destination wedding outfits
By Rotation has a partnership with Airbnb to let those who’ve booked an Airbnb receive a complimentary outfit rental. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThe org behind the data set used to train Stable Diffusion claims it has removed CSAM
LAION, the German research org that created the data used to train Stable Diffusion, among other generative AI models, has released a new data set that it claims has been “thoroughly cleaned of known links to suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM).” The new data set, Re-LAION-5B, is actually a
Read moreNorth Korean hackers exploited Chrome zero-day to steal crypto
The North Korean hackers’ attack started by tricking a victim into visiting a web domain under the hackers' control. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCrowdStrike exec will testify to Congress about July’s global IT meltdown
Image: The Verge A senior CrowdStrike executive will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee next month about the IT outage that grounded planes and workplaces to a halt globally on July 19th. Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike’s senior vice president of counter adversary operations, has agreed to appear before the panel
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