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Commerce Department Plans National AI Center in San Francisco
Jan 29 2026 // The U.S. Department of Commerce is preparing to open a national artificial-intelligence center in San Francisco, putting it closer to firms at the center of some of the government’s most high-profile initiatives. In...
Nvidia Launches AI Technologies to Aid Weather Forecasting
Jan 27 2026 // Nvidia Corp. is offering new open-source software and models designed to help governments and businesses more easily use artificial intelligence and complex data to build their own weather forecasting systems. The...
AI Assist for Underwriting and Quoting
Jan 26 2026 // Underwriters and quoting teams spend hours reviewing guidelines, appetite charts, and exceptions. Selectsys AI Assist acts as an intelligent underwriting assistant inside RQB and Expert Insured (EI), using trained models...
AI Job Cuts Are Landing Hardest in Britain, Morgan Stanley Says
Jan 26 2026 // The UK is losing more jobs than it’s creating because of artificial intelligence — and at a faster rate than its international peers. That’s according to research by Morgan Stanley that found the significant...
AI-Driven Threats Driving Spending Plans: AXIS
Jan 26 2026 // Nearly 82% of executives surveyed by AXIS Capital Holdings Limited said their organizations plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets over the next 12 months, while 75.2% said they are likely to reduce cybersecurity...
Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Leading Cause of Data Breaches
Jan 26 2026 // Artificial intelligence continues to be at the center of Experian’s annual breach forecast for 2026, heavily influencing the scope, frequency, and cost of cyber incidents. AI makes its way into many of the...
AI Data Center Boom Risks Roiling Global Carmaker Supply Chains
Jan 23 2026 // The auto sector is bracing for yet another potential supply chain disturbance, this time spurred by the rush to build data centers that train and develop artificial intelligence models. A shortage of memory chips caused by...
20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut
Jan 23 2026 // Days after announcing a deal to equip 10,000 engineers and data scientists at Travelers with AI assistants, the insurance company’s leader detailed “differentiating domain expertise” around data and...
Estee Lauder Sued by Beauty Tech Startup for Alleged Theft
Jan 23 2026 // Estee Lauder was sued by a self-described “disruptive” startup that accused the cosmetics giant of effectively putting it out of business by stealing technology to boost sales from jet-setting travelers in...
AI Company Eightfold Sued for Helping Companies Secretly Score Job Seekers
Jan 22 2026 // Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants...
Insurtech Lemonade Starts Autonomous Car Product With Tesla’s Data
Jan 21 2026 // Insurtech Lemonade said it has launched Lemonade Autonomous Car insurance, and will begin with a technical collaboration with Tesla that gives the insurer access to vehicle data. For starters, Lemonade said the new...
Michigan Bulletin Provides Guidance for AI Use in Financial Services
Jan 20 2026 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services issued a bulletin to provide guidance to financial service providers on the use of artificial intelligence. The bulletin says that financial service providers...
10,000 Travelers Employees Get AI Assistants Via Anthropic Partnership
Jan 20 2026 // Nearly 10,000 engineers, data scientists, analysts and product owners at Travelers are being empowered with personalized AI assistants, Travelers announced in mid-January. In a joint announcement with Anthropic, the two...
Britain Needs ‘AI Stress Tests’ for Financial Services, Lawmakers Say
Jan 20 2026 // Britain’s financial watchdogs are not doing enough to stop AI from harming consumers or destabilizing markets, a group of lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging regulators to move away from a “wait and see”...
Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training
Jan 16 2026 // Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material...
DeSantis Amplifies Warning on ‘Real Perils’ of AI, Data Centers and Pushes Regulation
Jan 15 2026 // Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is ratcheting up a campaign against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and data centers, resisting President Donald Trump’s effort to block states from meddling with Big...
AI Is the Biggest Mover on Allianz Risk Barometer; Cyber Takes Top Spot for Fifth Year
Jan 15 2026 // Cyber once again ranked as the top global risk in 2026, according to the latest Allianz Risk Barometer, coming in No. 1 in every region and across all company sizes. Artificial intelligence took the No. 2 spot, up from...
UK Regulators Agree Deal to Coordinate With EU on Critical Third-Party Tech Providers
Jan 15 2026 // British financial regulators, including the Bank of England, have signed an outline deal with their European counterparts to enhance cooperation and oversight of providers deemed critical to the financial services sector,...
What’s New at the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance in 2026: Innovation, Education, and AI Integration
Jan 15 2026 // As we enter 2026, the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance continues its mission to deliver insurance education, risk management training, and innovative learning tools for professionals. In a recent discussion with...
Oracle Sued by Bondholders Over Losses Tied to AI Buildout
Jan 15 2026 // Oracle was sued on Wednesday by bondholders who say they suffered losses because the company chaired by billionaire Larry Ellison concealed its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its artificial...
