Technology/Science
Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting Pollution Will Accelerate Global Warming
Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate climate change. That's the unpalatable ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at ZestyAI, WTW, Driver Technologies
Climate and property analytics provider ZestyAI's Z-FIRE wildfire risk analytics product is going to be used by the California FAIR Plan Association, the state's property insurer of last resort, to ...
Threat of Haywire AI Prompts Calls for Development Pause, AXA Says
Governments are ill-prepared for the hazards brought on by artificial intelligence and development should be paused, according to a new survey of risk specialists by insurance company AXA SA. Only 7 ...
Meta’s Instagram Linked to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia in Kids: States’ Lawsuit
Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive. In a complaint filed on ...
Fugees Rapper Says Lawyer’s Use of AI Helped Tank His Case, Pushes for New Trial
A multimillion-dollar conspiracy trial that stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment is now touching on the tech world with arguments that a defense attorney for a Fugees rapper ...
Large Language Models at Risk for ‘Model Leeching’ Attacks
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Bard have taken the world by storm this year, with companies investing millions to develop these AI tools, and some leading AI chatbots being valued ...
Google to Defend Generative AI Users From Copyright Claims
Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms if they are accused of intellectual property violations, ...
Most Commercial Auto Insurers Researching Telematics: Survey
Approximately 78 percent of commercial auto insurers are in the research phase of preparing for usage-based insurance (UBI) products, according to a new report from The National Alliance for ...