Latest Artificial Intelligence Headlines

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Markets/Coverages: Cyber MGA Measured Insurance Launches AI-Driven Cover for SMEs

Sep 29 2023 // Measured Analytics and Insurance, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based cyber insurance MGA, announced the launch of its insurance product, CyberGuard 2023, for the protection of small-and-midsize enterprises (SMEs).With its...

Thomson Reuters AI Copyright Dispute Must Go to Trial, Judge Says

Sep 26 2023 // A jury must decide the outcome of a lawsuit by information services company Thomson Reuters accusing Ross Intelligence of unlawfully copying content from its legal-research platform Westlaw to train a competing artificial...

Cisco to Buy Splunk for $28 Billion in Giant AI-Powered Data Bet

Sep 22 2023 // Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy Splunk Inc. in a deal valued at about $28 billion, representing its biggest acquisition yet and a massive push into software and artificial intelligence-powered data analysis.The networking...

With the Rise of AI in Insurance, the Human Element is More Important Than Ever

Sep 18 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.There’s no denying that the digital age is upon us. The insurance industry has experienced sweeping changes, none more visible than the transformations we’ve...

Pulitzer Winner Chabon, Other Authors Sue Meta Over AI Program

Sep 13 2023 // A group of writers including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon sued Meta Platforms in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of misusing their works to train its Llama artificial-intelligence...

Microsoft to Defend Customers on AI Copyright Challenges

Sep 8 2023 // Microsoft will pay legal damages on behalf of customers using its artificial intelligence (AI) products if they are sued for copyright infringement for the output generated by such systems, the company said on...

AI Fused With Trade Data May Finally Smooth Clunky Supply Chains

Sep 5 2023 // The dawn of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT may revolutionize the way both the public and private sector use data to ferret out risks and opportunities in the $32 trillion global trading system.During the...

Visual Artists Fight Back Against AI Companies for Repurposing Their Work

Sep 1 2023 // Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal,...

How Aerial Imagery and AI are Helping Florida’s Insurers with Climate Change and Fraud

Aug 25 2023 // Residents of Southeastern states like Florida will be looking ahead to the heart of hurricane season with trepidation. With climate change bringing storms that are wetter, slower and more prone to intensifying rapidly,...

Wisconsin Launches Task Force to Study Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce

Aug 24 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin became the latest state Wednesday to launch a task force to study the effects of artificial intelligence on the workforce, a growing area of concern among state leaders nationwide.Gov. Tony...

Don’t Expect Quick Fixes in ‘Red-Teaming’ of AI Models; Security Was an Afterthought

Aug 15 2023 // White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker...

Tutoring Firm Settles EEOC’s First Bias Lawsuit Involving AI Software

Aug 11 2023 // A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants.The 2022...

Connecticut, Other States’ Lawmakers Have a Lot of Questions About AI

Aug 9 2023 // As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they`re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.Legislators are...

NAIC Releases Highly Anticipated Draft Model Bulletin on Insurers’ AI Use

Jul 28 2023 // On July 17, 2023, the Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology (H) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released for comment a highly anticipated model bulletin (Model Bulletin) on...

SEC Set to Adopt New Cyber Rule, Unveils Brokerage AI Proposal

Jul 26 2023 // Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday was poised to adopt new rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents, a measure officials said was being taken to help the investing public contend...

Claims Insurtech Tractable AI Raises $65M in Funding Led by SoftBank

Jul 18 2023 // ⁠Tractable, the London-based insurtech that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for visual claims assessments and disaster recovery, announced a $65M Series E investment led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.Existing investors...

Artificial Weatherman? AI Could Better Predict Hurricanes, Research Paper Says

Jul 10 2023 // Artificial Intelligence may be the key to more accurate and more timely hurricane predictions, China-based researchers have reported in the scientific journal Nature.In two papers in the journal, the researchers, including...

Law Firms Are Recruiting More AI Experts as Clients Demand ‘More for Less’

Jul 5 2023 // Chatbots, data scientists, software engineers. As clients demand more for less, law firms are hiring growing numbers of staff who’ve studied technology not tort law to try and stand out from their rivals.Law firms...

Is Insurance Recruiting Being Impacted by Artificial Intelligence?

Jul 3 2023 // The movie Terminator 2 is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear about artificial intelligence. A universe where machines take over our daily lives seems so distant from my reality. Then I’m reminded that I...

ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Theft of Private Data in ‘AI Arms Race’

Jun 29 2023 // ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. is stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless hunt for profits, a group of anonymous individuals claimed in a lawsuit...