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Parents Slam OpenAI, Character.AI Over Safety in Senate Hearing

Sep 23 2025 // The father of a teenager who died by suicide this spring delivered emotional congressional testimony, alleging OpenAI’s ChatGPT “groomed” his 16-year-old son to take his own life and the company...

West Texas Wants to Sell Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers, But Lacks Infrastructure

Sep 23 2025 // Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing 40% of the nation’s crude oil — also has an extraordinary amount of natural gas...

Bank of England’s Bailey Says AI Can Help Regulators to Find the ‘Smoking Gun’

Sep 23 2025 // Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that he and other regulators who oversee the financial services industry should use artificial intelligence to help them spot problems among the firms that they...

AI Boom Fuels 11% Rise in Top Japan Insurer’s Project Loans

Sep 19 2025 // Nippon Life Insurance Co. sees its overseas project finance lending climbing 11% to a record high this year due to surging demand to fund AI data centers in the US and elsewhere. The outstanding amount of such loans...

Department of Energy Launches Effort to Speed Power Grid Projects for AI

Sep 19 2025 // The Trump administration on Thursday launched an effort to speed development of power plants and transmission lines as artificial intelligence boosts demand, even as it orders fossil fuel plants set to shut for good to...

Without Clear Rules on Use, Maine Towns Experimenting With AI

Sep 16 2025 // After reading through a pile of resumes, Town Manager Anthony Wilson mentally ranked the people trying to become Winthrop’s general assistance administrator. Seeking a second opinion, he turned to ChatGPT. He fed the...

Reuters: AI Chatbots Were Happy to Help Craft a Phishing Scam

Sep 15 2025 // The email seemed innocent enough. It invited senior citizens to learn about the Silver Hearts Foundation, a new charity dedicated to providing the elderly with care and companionship. “We believe every senior...

Rolling Stone, Billboard Owner Penske Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Sep 15 2025 // The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit by Penske Media...

US Senator Cruz Proposes AI ‘Sandbox’ to Ease Regulations on Tech Companies

Sep 10 2025 // Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Wednesday that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions to federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology. Cruz leads...

Exclusive: Applied Systems Acquires AI-Enabled Risk Digitalization Firm Cytora

Sep 9 2025 // Applied Systems announced the acquisition of Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, in an effort to accelerate connecting the dots within the insurance ecosystem, something Applied terms as...

Renaissance Introduces the First in a Suite of AI Solutions for Independent Agents

Sep 8 2025 // Agency network Renaissance said it has become the first of its kind to deliver an exclusive suite of artificial intelligence solutions built specifically for independent insurance agents. “Independent insurance...

AI for Agents

Sep 8 2025 // Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are creating exciting times for just about everyone. The insurance industry is standing on the cusp of an exhilarating technological revolution, primarily driven by AI, writes Anupam...

Next-Gen Insurance: Powered by AI

Sep 8 2025 // Welcome to the next generation of insurance. Our industry stands on the cusp of an exhilarating technological revolution, primarily driven by artificial intelligence. Embracing next-generation technology is no longer a...

NY Fed Finds Modest Impact of AI on Jobs Even as Usage Increases

Sep 5 2025 // Use of artificial intelligence among businesses jumped in the last year and is expected to continue to grow, yet few firms have cut jobs as a result so far, according to a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. Around...

Success of AI Music Creators Sparks Debate on Future of Music Industry

Sep 3 2025 // When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his...

Anthropic Thwarts Hacker Attempts to Misuse Claude AI for Cybercrime

Aug 28 2025 // Anthropic said on Wednesday it had detected and blocked hackers attempting to misuse its Claude AI system to write phishing emails, create malicious code and circumvent safety filters. The company’s findings,...

As AI Becomes Part of Everyday Life, it Brings a Hidden Climate Cost

Aug 27 2025 // Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously...

Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI, Saying They Hurt AI Competition

Aug 26 2025 // Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers. Musk’s X and xAI seek billions of...

Farmers Insurance Data Breach Could Impact More Than a Million Customers

Aug 25 2025 // A recently discovered data breach may impact more than one million customers of Farmers Insurance, warned a recent notification to Maine’s Attorney General. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Group, Inc. (its...

Viewpoint – AI Will Replace Most Humans, But Then What?: Jen

Aug 21 2025 // The opinions expressed here are those of the author, the CEO and co-CIO of Eurizon SLJ asset management. Is technology more job augmenting or job replacing? This has been a long-standing debate. But recent academic work...