U statistics and a new paper by Terence Tao
Terence Tao has a new paper out that relates to a couple things I’ve written about recently. Elementary symmetric polynomials came up when developing the general equations for tangent sum and hyperbolic tangent sum. The latter post goes into more detail. Before that, means of symmetric functions, not necessarily elementary polynomials
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Read MoreTikTok now supports direct posting from AI-powered Adobe apps, CapCut, Twitch and more
TikTok today is introducing a new feature that will allow its users to post directly to the video platform from a range of popular editing apps, including Adobe’s AI-powered video editing software Premiere Pro, its AI creativity app Adobe Express, as well as others, including Twitch, SocialPilot, and ByteDance’s CapCut.
Read MoreThe Q3 venture capital market explained in five charts
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Read MoreSnapEDA becomes SnapMagic and debuts an AI copilot to help automate circuit board design
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Read MoreCloudflare, Google, and Amazon explain what’s behind the largest DDoS attacks ever
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all say they successfully mitigated what two of the companies called the biggest DDoS layer 7 attacks they’ve recorded in August and September, though none said who the attacks were directed against. The companies say the attacks
Read MoreAdobe Firefly can now generate more realistic images
At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service. According to Adobe, the Firefly Image 2 Model, as it’s officially called, will be better at rendering humans, for example, including facial features, skin, body
Read MoreDeta wants to reinvent personal computers with a new cloud OS
Traditionally, cloud-based workstations have aimed to provide virtual machines that users can access from anywhere and also run apps around the clock. Berlin-based company Deta is trying to flip the script by developing a whole new infinite canvas-like operating system and a personal cloud space. The Berlin and New York-based
Read MoreAdobe Firefly’s generative AI models can now create vector graphics in Illustrator
Illustrator is Adobe’s vector graphics tool for graphic artists and it’s about to join the generative AI era with the launch of the Firefly Vector Model at Adobe’s MAX conference today. Adobe describes the new model as “the world’s first generative AI model focused on producing vector graphics.” Like Firefly
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