Latest Artificial Intelligence Headlines
All the headlines from our Artificial Intelligence Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns
Mar 20 2025 // The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes...
Florida Bill Would Limit AI in Claims Denials, Extend Bar on Execs, Raise Surplus Levels
Mar 19 2025 // After years of rising insurance premiums, anger from homeowners, and recent reports about some property insurance carriers’ alleged diverting of profits, bills seen as “consumer friendly” continue to gain...
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...
OpenAI Asks White House to Shield AI From State Rules
Mar 13 2025 // OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to help shield artificial intelligence companies from a growing number of proposed state regulations if they voluntarily share their models with the federal government. In a...
Meta Faces Legal Challenge by French Publishers Over AI Training
Mar 12 2025 // French publishers and authors are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement, accusing the tech giant of using their books to train its generative artificial intelligence model without authorization. SNE, the...
Nirvana Raises $80M for AI-Driven Fleet Insurance; Carrier-Agency Connector CoverForce Secures $13M
Mar 10 2025 // Nirvana Insurance Secures $80M for Trucking Insurance AI Nirvana Insurance, an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer, announced an $80 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at nearly $850 million. The round...
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...
Labor Department Investigating Nvidia, Amazon-Backed Startup Scale AI
Mar 7 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, for its compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California-based firm said on...
Supercharge Your Agency with EZLynx’s New AI Tools: Meet EVA
Mar 6 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. As an independent agent, time is your most valuable resource, and staying competitive in a rapidly changing insurance market requires efficiency. The good news?...
Selectsys Acquires Expert Insured, with AI for Carriers, MGAs
Feb 28 2025 // Tennessee-based Selectsys, an insurtech specializing in business process outsourcing for insurers, has acquired Expert Insured, an artificial intelligence-led insurance management system for wholesalers, carriers and...
Google’s AI Previews Erode the Internet, Educational Tech Company Says in Lawsuit
Feb 25 2025 // Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology...
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...
Bain Capital Backs Israeli AI Cybersecurity Startup Dream at $1.1 Billion Valuation
Feb 19 2025 // Dream, an artificial intelligence company that provides cybersecurity services to governments and critical infrastructure operators such as hospitals and utilities, has raised $100 million at a $1.1 billion valuation. Bain...
AI-Assisted BPO: Transforming Submission Automation and RQB for Insurers
Feb 18 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. In today’s fast-paced insurance landscape, AI-assisted BPO is redefining operational efficiency, combining human expertise with AI-driven automation to enhance...
AI-Driven BPO: The Future of Insurance Operations
Feb 12 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. The insurance industry is undergoing a profound shift, and AI-assisted BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) is at the forefront of this transformation. Traditional BPO...
Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright ‘Fair Use’ Ruling
Feb 12 2025 // A federal judge in Delaware on Tuesday said that a former competitor of Thomson Reuters was not permitted by U.S. copyright law to copy the information and technology company’s content to build a competing artificial...
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...
AI Safety Institute Director Leaves Role
Feb 6 2025 // The U.S. AI Safety Institute’s inaugural director, Elizabeth Kelly, is departing her role on Wednesday, she said in a LinkedIn post, a move that leaves open the nascent government body’s direction under...
Viewpoint: Cyber Risk and AI – The Changing Landscape
Feb 5 2025 // Newswise — In today’s world of interconnected computer-based information systems, cyber risk has become one of the critical risk factors impacting organizations. Indeed, several studies have shown that cyber risk...
