Facing potential liability for harms related to climate change, major oil companies have again turned to the U.S. Supreme Court, teeing up a case that could determine the fate of dozens of climate-related lawsuits by state and local governments against …
A vast majority of Americans favor requiring artificial intelligence companies to meet independent safety benchmarks for their models, even if those standards mean slowing development of the technology, according to a new poll. Against a backdrop of growing global anxiety …
Sedgwick named Courtney Welton global chief legal officer, general counsel and corporate secretary. Welton will serve as a member of the executive leadership team and help guide the company’s legal strategy, governance, regulatory compliance and risk management efforts. Welton has …
San Francisco-based Outmarket AI announced it has raised $34.5 million in Series B funding. The round was led by SignalFire, with participation from Fika Ventures, Permanent Capital Ventures, TTV Capital and Dash Fund. The funding comes months after the company …
UnitedHealth Group Inc. must defend itself against a slimmed-down lawsuit by a major shareholder that alleges investors were deceived about financial transactions that boosted earnings, a federal judge ruled. U.S District Judge Jeffrey Bryan said Wednesday that the California Public …
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes. …
Police in the Netherlands have arrested a Dutch man on suspicion of cybercrime-related activities, according to the person’s employer and other people familiar with the matter. Pepijn van der Stap, 24, was arrested earlier this month and charged with involvement …
A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling for information services company Thomson Reuters in its copyright dispute with former legal-research rival Ross Intelligence over Ross’ alleged misuse of copyrighted material to train an AI-powered legal search engine. The …
I had a conversation the other day that brought an Idaho Supreme Court decision from 2022 to my attention. If you’re interested, it’s Pena v. Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin. This is a case about an injury sustained in an …
Hundreds of mom-and-pop investors lost more than $15 million in crypto and cash in fake artificial-intelligence stock trading schemes fueled by boosters in WhatsApp group chats, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday. The SEC filed two separate lawsuits against …