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Florida’s Share of US Claims Lawsuits Down to Nearly Half of 2020 Numbers, Data Show

At the height of the Florida property insurance crisis in the early 2020s, one statistic seemed to galvanize the movement for reforming the state’s insurance claims litigation statutes: Floridians had produced about 9% of all homeowners’ claims in the U.S. …

BMW Recalling 318,000 US Vehicles Over Starter Motor Overheating Risk

BMW is recalling 318,495 U.S. vehicles as an engine starter may overheat and catch fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. Related: Ford Recalling 288,000 US Vehicles Over Loose Roof Rails The recall affects certain models including …

Judge Casts Doubt on 69,000 Cases Alleging J&J Talc Caused Cancer

A federal judge cast doubt on Wednesday on claims by approximately 69,000 people alleging that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and other talc products caused ovarian cancer, saying plaintiffs must provide more specific evidence or risk having their lawsuits dismissed. …

OpenAI Models Hacked Another Company’s Systems by Mistake

OpenAI said its advanced artificial intelligence models inadvertently hacked Hugging Face Inc. in an “unprecedented” incident that prompted fresh calls for curbs on the technology. The ChatGPT-maker said in a blog post Tuesday that the models broke into Hugging Face’s …

Waymos Are Way Safer Than Human Drivers, IIHS Finds

IIHS researchers examined data on per vehicle mile traveled and found Waymos deployed in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin were involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers.

Models Stripped of Insurance Cover for Club’s Unauthorized Use of Their Images

The insurer for Mr. Happy’s Cafe is smiling because a federal court has found it is not obligated to defend the adult entertainment club against charges that it used the images and likenesses of six models in its advertising without …