EU Privacy Supervisor Urges Ban on Facial Recognition Software April 26, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy...
EU Announces Tough Draft Rules on Use of Artificial Intelligence April 22, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban...
EU Set to Ban Artificial Intelligence Used for Mass Surveillance, Ranking Social Behavior April 15, 2021 By Natalia Drozdiak The European Union is poised to ban artificial intelligence (AI) systems used for mass surveillance or for ranking social behavior,...
British Cyber Security Company Darktrace Plans $4 Billion London Listing April 13, 2021 By Paul Sandle and Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON – Darktrace, the British cyber security firm backed by tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, fired the gun on its $4...
Applied Analytics Isn’t Just for Insurers. Startups Help Claimants Get In On the Action. April 9, 2021 By Jim Sams Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s...
Cyber Insurance Firm Coalition Raises $175M; Plans Commercial Lines Expansion March 17, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Coalition, a cyber insurance managing general agency and security company, said it has raised $175 million to accelerate its growth...
Future of the Insurance Industry and Who Owns It: 3 Scenarios From Verisk’s Anquillare February 17, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson The question is not whether the future of the insurance industry is bright. “Few industries are better positioned for outstanding...
European Researchers Turn to AI to Build Better Weather Data January 26, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting...
Deep Fake Losses to Challenge Cyber Insurers, CyberCube Warns January 7, 2021 What do Ulysses and his Trojan Horse, the pickpocket Fagan in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and a video of Facebook’s...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’ December 23, 2020 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and...