Latest Data Driven Headlines
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UK Stands to Lose 8 Million Jobs From AI, Analysis Warns
Mar 27 2024 // As many as 8 million UK workers are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence with current government policy, the Institute for Public Policy Research warned. AI already impacts 11% of tasks done by UK staff,...
SEC Charges 2 Investment Firms, Doles Out $400,000 in Fines, for ‘AI Washing’
Mar 21 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week said it settled charges against two investment advisers related to “AI washing.” The firms, Delphia Inc. and Global Predictions Inc, will pay a total of...
Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?
Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...
Central Bankers Use AI to Assess Climate-Related Risks
Mar 19 2024 // Central bankers said on Tuesday they have broken new ground by using artificial intelligence to collect data for assessing climate-related financial risks, just as the volume of disclosures from banks and other companies...
3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety
Mar 18 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...
Suit Says OnStar, LexisNexis Shared Driving Data With Insurers, Spiking Rates
Mar 15 2024 // Do motorist-assistance systems like GM’s OnStar feed data to auto insurers, resulting in higher premiums for some drivers? A south Florida man says indeed, they do, and has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit...
Nvidia Is Sued by Authors Over AI Use of Copyrighted Works
Mar 12 2024 // Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart...
Italy’s Data Watchdog Probes Open AI Tool That Turns Text Into Video
Mar 11 2024 // Italy’s data protection agency said on Friday it had opened an investigation into a service developed by Microsoft-backed Open AI that can generate videos based on text prompts. The regulator, known as Garante, asked...
States Scramble to Catch Up on Oversight as AI Pervades Everyday Life
Mar 11 2024 // While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in...
The National Alliance Launches Allibot: A NEW Artificial Intelligence Learning Tool for HS Students Earning the CISR Designation
Mar 11 2024 // AUSTIN, TX., March 11, 2024 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, a leader in risk management and insurance education, announces the release of Allibot, an advanced Artificial Intelligence...
US Treasury Drops Plan to Collect Insurer Data on Climate Risks
Mar 8 2024 // The US government is stepping away from its effort to collect data on home insurance prices and availability at the Zip code level as premiums soar and climate risks to property intensify. Instead, it will join in a...
AI Firms Face Growing List of Lawsuits. Here’s What to Watch
Mar 4 2024 // Artificial intelligence firms are facing increasing pressure from some of the world’s most formidable names in technology and media, as new tools spark fresh questions over the risks posed by chatbots that threaten...
Kansas’ Conrade Insurance Group Discloses Data Breach
Mar 1 2024 // Conrade Insurance Group this week reported a data breach upon identifying unusual activity in its email system. The Newton, Kansas-based insurance agency posted a Notice of data Event on its website stating an...
3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety
Feb 23 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...
Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Working on 2024 NAIC Terrorism Risk Insurance Data Call
Feb 23 2024 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau plans to submit to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) insurer-specific California workers’ comp terrorism exposure data, including...
‘AI Godfather’, Others Urge More Deepfake Regulation in Open Letter
Feb 21 2024 // Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives, including one of the technology’s trailblazers Yoshua Bengio, have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing...
Despite Deepfake and Bias Risks, AI Is Still Useful in Finance, Firms Told
Feb 15 2024 // A bank uses biased artificial intelligence outputs in a mortgage lending decision. An insurance firm’s AI produces racially homogeneous advertising images. Users of an AI system complain about a bad experience. These...
Microsoft Says it Caught Hackers From China, Russia and Iran Using its AI Tools
Feb 15 2024 // State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday. Microsoft said in its report...
Nearly 75% of Employers Don’t Have AI Protocols for Internal Communications: Study
Feb 13 2024 // Despite organizations’ increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), 71% don’t provide internal guidance on when, where or how to use the technology, according to Gallagher’s 2023/24 State of the...
EU Lawmakers Ratify Provisional Deal on Artificial Intelligence Rules
Feb 13 2024 // Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules ahead of a vote by the legislative assembly in April that will pave the way for...
