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Photo Giant Getty Took a Leading AI Image-Maker to Court, but Is Also Embracing the Technology

Anyone looking for a beautiful photograph of a desert landscape can find many choices from Getty Images, the stock photography collection. But say you`re instead looking for a wide angle shot of a “hot pink plastic saguaro cactus with large …

The Threat of Wildfires Is Rising. So Are New Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Fight Them

LONDON (AP) — Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence. Firefighters and startups are using AI-enabled cameras to …

John Grisham, Other Top US Authors Sue OpenAI over Copyrights

A trade group for U.S. authors has sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and “Game of Thrones” novelist George R.R. Martin, accusing the company of unlawfully …

Deepfake Imposter Scams Are Driving a New Wave of Fraud

Computer-generated children’s voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate a system protected by face ID. They sound like the stuff of science fiction, but these techniques are already available …

Tutoring Firm Settles EEOC’s First Bias Lawsuit Involving AI Software

A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants. The 2022 lawsuit against iTutorGroup Inc. was the first by …

Viewpoint: AI Investigations and Claims Gather Pace in the United States

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users (including children) using the tools to generate content with little thought as to the data protection risks associated with its use. Last month, we …

Viewpoint: AI, Cyber Top List of Complex Legal Professional Liability Claims to Watch

The lawyers professional liability segment hasn’t been immune to increasing claims frequency and severity as growing economic challenges and an ever-evolving legal landscape heighten the exposures faced by law firms. Despite a slight reprieve during 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic …

Viewpoint: What Can Insurers Do About Extensive Attorney Involvement and High Settlement Costs?

Attorney involvement is one of the most critical determinants of ultimate claim costs. Significant costs include time from correspondence iterations, depositions, defense attorney costs, etc. These are present in determining whether the plaintiff’s attorney can negotiate a higher-than-usual settlement. Before …

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Other Tech Firms Agree to AI Safeguards Set by the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) __ President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House …

7th Circuit: Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police

An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued after selling the Chicago Police Department access to a facial recognition database that reportedly contained 3 billion images extracted from …