Some of Canada’s biggest banks are moving to restrict third-party artificial intelligence agents such as Meta Platform Inc.’s Muse from accessing their banking systems, citing security and liability risks. Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s largest lender, sent a message …
Three bodies were recovered in Gabon on Wednesday following the sinking at the weekend of Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 rig off the coast of the southern town of Mayumba, the Central African country’s navy said. The accident occurred on Saturday …
Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has acquired Apex Insurance Services, a multi-brand managing general agency (MGA) platform focused on the Texas non-standard auto insurance market. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, Apex manages five MGAs …
The negative health impacts of climate change are not only increasing but doing so at a faster pace than a decade ago, according to a major global assessment released Wednesday. The 10th annual Lancet Countdown report — by an international …
A high-speed rail service slammed into another train about 60 miles south of Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least 64 people — the second major accident on Spain’s rail network this year and the deadliest crash in over a decade. …
Three more insurance carriers have announced reduced rates—for homeowners, condominium units and for auto policies, affecting more than half a million policies in Florida. USAA insurance, catering to military service members and their families, said it had reduced auto rates …
Chinese firm Z.AI’s flagship AI model carried out complex cyberattacks in controlled simulations and repeatedly ignored instructions in separate tests, according to a report by AI security research firm Irregular. The GLM-5.3 model successfully completed 3 of 13 multi-stage cyberattack …
Barclays Plc is looking to buy default protection on more than $10 billion of debt to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure in a bid to create capacity for more lending as hyperscaler funding needs soar. The London-based lender has been assessing …
Self-driving trucking company Aurora Innovation Inc. expects to fall short of its production target for this year but said it’s on track to recover for 2027. Aurora said supplier issues caused constraints and the company won’t meet its goal of …
Finnish police said on Thursday they have launched a criminal investigation into suspected breaches of environmental law at the construction site of a planned Google data center in northern Finland. The project is part of a plan announced last month …