Best Read Artificial Intelligence Headlines
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#1 Teen’s Suicide Turns Mother Against Google, AI Chatbot Startup
Mar 18 2025 // Megan Garcia says her son would still be alive today if it weren’t for a chatbot urging the 14-year-old to take his own life. In a lawsuit with major implications for Silicon Valley, she is seeking to hold Google and...
#2 Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Auto Insurer Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI
May 5 2025 // He’s not yet ready to declare “mission accomplished,” but Ajit Jain, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, said the conglomerate’s personal auto insurer, GEICO, is no longer...
#3 Minnesota Bill Aims to Combat Sexually Explicit, AI-Generated Deepfakes
Mar 7 2025 // Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family...
#4 Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, but Can it Replace Human Judgment?
Mar 21 2025 // Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New...
#5 Parents of Student Disciplined for Using AI Sue School
Oct 25 2024 // The parents of a high school senior in Massachusetts argued in federal court in Boston on Tuesday that their son was unfairly punished for using artificial intelligence while researching a history project, harming his...
#6 Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar
Dec 6 2024 // Donald Trump says he is selecting venture capitalist David Sacks of Craft Ventures LLC to serve as his artificial intelligence and crypto czar, a newly created position that underscores the president-elect’s intent...
#7 In Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Judge Rejects Free Speech Rights for AI Chatbots
May 23 2025 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers behind Character.AI are seeking to...
#8 AI Chatbot Pushed Florida Teen to Suicide, Lawsuit Against Its Creator Alleges
Oct 29 2024 // In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend. For months, Sewell had become increasingly isolated from his...
#9 The Race to Fix Aging Computer Systems Heats Up With AI’s Help
Apr 24 2025 // Kresimir Mudrovcic and his team of programmers spend months on end trawling through computer code that can be three times as old as the crew’s youngest members. Mudrovcic specializes in mainframe technology,...
#10 AI’s Urgent Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirtier Gas Turbines
Jun 4 2025 // If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity to support 300,000 homes. But securing that power isn’t as simple as plugging...
#11 AI and APIs: Essential Tools for Zurich Insurance Group’s Digital Leap
Jul 2 2024 // Executive Summary: For a multinational insurance company like Zurich Insurance Group, which can find itself delivering large, complex policies in multiple languages to a single international customer, there’s a...
#12 Viewpoint: Why Insurers Should Have Confidence in Machine Learning Capability
Jun 12 2024 // Executive Summary: While insurance leaders plan to use machine learning capability in their pricing and underwriting processes, only a small proportion actually have embraced the technology. They need to take the next step...
#13 Class Action Lawsuit on AI-Related Discrimination Reaches Final Settlement
Nov 25 2024 // Mary Louis’ excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her...
#14 Generative AI: A Double Agent Serving Good and Evil in the World of Claims
Dec 30 2024 // Claims professionals need to adapt to the AI evolution at a fast pace as the same technologies used to fight claims fraud are also being used to perpetuate it, according to experts. “It’s truly become an arms...
#15 FTC Crackdown on Companies Using AI Includes ‘Robot Lawyer,’ Content Generator
Sep 26 2024 // As its authority is routinely questioned, the Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints against five companies it said use artificial intelligence (AI) to “supercharge deceptive or unfair...
#16 OpenAI’s Stargate AI Venture Is Scouting for US Data Center Sites
Feb 7 2025 // ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Thursday it is evaluating U.S. states as potential artificial intelligence data center locations for its massive Stargate venture, framing the project as a matter of urgency for the United...
#17 How Westfield Is Implementing AI in Claims
Apr 8 2025 // Identifying the needs and pain points of customers and then developing solutions to better service them and other company partners—those are the most important promises that artificial intelligence and new technologies...
#18 Majority of Small Business Leaders Think AI Will Play ‘Crucial Role’ in Work Safety
Apr 21 2025 // More than half of small business leaders believe artificial intelligence will play a “crucial role” in worker safety over the next five years, according to a new report from Pie Insurance. A survey of...
#19 Tax Bill’s Bid to Ban New AI Rules Faces Bipartisan Blowback
Jun 5 2025 // A Republican attempt to block states from enforcing new artificial intelligence rules over the next decade has drawn growing bipartisan objections, exposing tension in Washington over allowing for more unchecked AI...
#20 AI ‘Hallucinations’ in Court Papers Spell Trouble for Lawyers
Feb 19 2025 // U.S. personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get...
