Latest Artificial Intelligence Headlines
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Artificial Intelligence Startup Helps Insurers Spot Cognitive Decline in Older Drivers
Oct 17 2023 // Mind Foundry Ltd., an artificial intelligence startup vying to help insurers decide which drivers should be covered, has raised $22 million in funding, the latest sign of growing demand to deploy AI in critical sectors...
Xceedance Launches Center of Excellence for Generative AI, Empowering Insurance Transformation
Oct 16 2023 // BOSTON, MA, October, 16, 2023 – Xceedance, a leading global provider of strategic operations support, technology, and data services for insurance organizations, announced the establishment of a Center of Excellence...
Google to Defend Generative AI Users From Copyright Claims
Oct 13 2023 // Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms if they are accused of intellectual property violations, joining Microsoft, Adobe...
National Security Agency Is Starting an Artificial Intelligence Security Center
Oct 5 2023 // The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center – a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems,...
Microsoft CEO Says Tech Giants Battling for Content to Build AI
Oct 3 2023 // Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Monday tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence, and complained Google was locking up content with expensive and exclusive...
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...
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. ChatGPT may be able to whip out a love poem on demand, but consumers know the value of an expert human on their team for things that really matter. There’s no...
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....
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...
