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Comedian Sarah Silverman Sues Meta, OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Comedian Sarah Silverman Sues Meta, OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and …
EU Probes Novo Nordisk Drugs After Reports of Suicidal Thoughts
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
EU Probes Novo Nordisk Drugs After Reports of Suicidal Thoughts
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is probing Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss treatment Saxenda after Iceland’s health regulator flagged three cases of patients on the drugs thinking about suicide or self-harm. Shares of the Danish drugmaker fell about …
Suncor Reports Data Breach Affected Petro-Points Members’ Basic Contact Data
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Suncor Reports Data Breach Affected Petro-Points Members’ Basic Contact Data
Canadian energy firm Suncor Energy on Thursday [July 6] said that due to a cyber security incident on June 21, unauthorized party obtained Petro-Points members’ basic contact information. “Based on our investigation to date, we determined that our IT network …
National Grid to Pay $5.3M to Settle Gloucester Environmental Damage Claims
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
National Grid to Pay $5.3M to Settle Gloucester Environmental Damage Claims
National Grid agreed to pay $5.38 million to state and federal agencies to resolve claims over environmental damage caused by the defunct Gloucester Gas Light Company, officials said Friday. Hazardous chemicals released by the plant, which operated from 1854 to …
Slow-Moving Storm Puts New York City, East Coast Under Flood Threat
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Slow-Moving Storm Puts New York City, East Coast Under Flood Threat
New York City and the eastern US braced Sunday for severe thunderstorms as a creeping weather front drags across the region and raises the risk of flooding from Vermont to North Carolina. The slow-moving line of showers was crossing the …
ECB Cyber Stress Test Won’t Deliver Direct Capital Hit to Banks
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
ECB Cyber Stress Test Won’t Deliver Direct Capital Hit to Banks
The European Central Bank’s cybersecurity stress test next year won’t have a direct impact on capital requirements, limiting the exercise’s potential repercussions for investor payouts. The test will be a learning experience for lenders and the supervisor, ECB officials said …
Aviation Lessors Fight to Stop Insurance Dispute Hearings in Russia
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Aviation Lessors Fight to Stop Insurance Dispute Hearings in Russia
More than 40 aviation leasing firms, locked in a battle with insurers over who should bear up to $10 billion in costs for 400 jets stuck in Russia, are urging the High Court to allow a reinsurance dispute to be …
London Is Falling Down — Because of Climate Change
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
London Is Falling Down — Because of Climate Change
Britain’s increasingly extreme weather is shaking the very foundations of its centuries-old history. The nation has been experiencing prolonged periods of drought after wet winters since last year. That’s causing the porous rock beneath vast parts of southeast of England, …
Meat Processor Agrees to Reform Hiring After Two Teens Found at a Minnesota Plant
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Meat Processor Agrees to Reform Hiring After Two Teens Found at a Minnesota Plant
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) __ A second company involved in meat processing has agreed to reform its hiring practices after investigators recently discovered teenagers working there. The Labor Department said Friday that Monogram Foods will pay a more than $30, 000 …
Siemens Energy Deepens In-house Probe Into Wind Turbine Problems: Sources
Insurance Journal | July 10, 2023
Siemens Energy Deepens In-house Probe Into Wind Turbine Problems: Sources
Siemens Energy’s management board has set up a task force to establish the scope of deepening problems at its crisis-ridden wind turbine division, including quality issues at its two most recent onshore platforms, two supervisory board sources said. The investigation …