Archive for March 2023

Artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders, including Elon Musk, University of California Berkeley computer science professor Stuart Russell and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, are calling on developers to hit the pause button on training powerful AI models. More than … Source: Claims Journal

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in compensation and told a London court she wants to … Source: Claims Journal

A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan approved last year to allow the nonprofit to settle tens of thousands of sexual abuse claims. The … Source: Claims Journal

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down three opinions that resolve two questions about insurance law. One decision will probably disappoint auto insurers; the other will please carriers in the liquor liability line. In two separate decisions, the … Source: Claims Journal

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to complaints that the seat belts may not hold people in a crash. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety … Source: Claims Journal

ALAUSI, Ecuador (AP) — A huge landslide swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least seven people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors, authorities said Monday. Earlier in the day, … Source: Claims Journal

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, … Source: Claims Journal

Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and moved around during the intensive … Source: Claims Journal

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River upstream of the city and are confident that drinking water will be unaffected at least through Wednesday … Source: Claims Journal

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. Minnesota is seeking more than $100 million in … Source: Claims Journal