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‘Comprehensive Legislation’ Needed to Address AI, Senator Schumer Says

Jun 21 2023 // U.S. Senate Majority Chuck Schumer on Wednesday will call for “comprehensive legislation” to advance and ensure safeguards on artificial intelligence (AI).Governments around the world are considering how to...

States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream

Jun 21 2023 // Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood actresses and internet influencers. A photo of an explosion at the...

Data on California Private Self-Insureds’ 2022 Workers’ Comp Claim Experience

Jun 20 2023 // California workers’ compensation private self-insured claim frequency rose 6% last year as both medical-only and indemnity claim volume increased, but a new report suggests that many of the claims may have been...

EEOC Warns Employers to Check AI Workplace Monitoring Tools for Bias

Jun 19 2023 // The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers...

Bipartisan Bill Would End Section 230 Immunity for Generative AI

Jun 15 2023 // Two U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow social media companies to be sued for spreading harmful material created with artificial intelligence.The law would open the door for lawsuits to...

Britain to Host First Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety

Jun 8 2023 // The United Kingdom will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety this autumn, the British government said on Wednesday, adding Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden will also discuss the...

Industry Alliance Outlines Key Liability Risk Considerations in Insuring AI

Jun 6 2023 // Artificial intelligence and its uses are a hot topic these days. Some benefits of AI include efficiency in time and resources, but what happens when an AI-related error or failure occurs?Liability insurance relating to...

Top AI CEOs, Experts Raise ‘Risk of Extinction’ From AI

May 31 2023 // Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI,” which they urged policymakers to equate at par...

EEOC Warns Employers to Check AI Workplace Monitoring Tools for Bias

May 26 2023 // The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven “bossware” tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers...

Microsoft Chief Says Deep Fakes are Biggest AI Concern

May 26 2023 // Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content.In a speech in Washington aimed at addressing the issue of how best...

White House Takes New Steps to Study AI Risks, Determine Impact on Workers

May 24 2023 // The White House said on Tuesday it would ask workers how their employers use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor them, as it allocates federal investments in the technology, which is expected to change the nature of...

How Much Should Insurers Trust AI Chatbots?

May 24 2023 // Whether it’s underwriting, claims or customer service, it seems that artificial intelligence is top of mind for the insurance industry right now.William Bennett, partner at law firm Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, said...

Governments Race to Regulate AI Tools

May 22 2023 // Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.Here are the latest steps...

Optimizing Agency Relationships: A Data-Driven Approach to Premium Growth

May 22 2023 // The reported demise of the independent insurance agency as a sales and distribution channel has been greatly exaggerated. Over the course of a decade or more of predictions about the growth of the direct-to-consumer...

Washington Is Determined to Govern AI, but How?

May 15 2023 // U.S. lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning artificial intelligence, but months after ChatGPT got Washington’s attention, consensus is far from certain.Interviews with a U.S. senator,...

World’s Governments Race to Regulate AI Tools

May 12 2023 // Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree on laws governing the use of the technology.Here are the latest steps...

Hackers Aim to Find Flaws in AI

May 12 2023 // No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot – trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene.But now...

Legislation to Govern AI Takes Another Step in Europe

May 11 2023 // European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules regulating artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, following a crunch vote on Thursday where they agreed tougher draft legislation.The European...

AI, Ransomware, Tech Burnout Biggest Takeaways from RIMS’ Riskworld

May 10 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvThe 2023 RIMS’ Riskworld conference took place last week in Atlanta, and on this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, two guests shared the biggest takeaways from the conference this...

AI Pioneer Says its Threat to World May Be ‘More Urgent’ Than Climate Change

May 8 2023 // Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday.Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the...