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Seattle Times, Newsday Sue OpenAI, Microsoft, Alleging Copyright Infringement

The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, alleging in federal court that the tech companies copied the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train their AI systems. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern …

BASF Sues Apple in US, Says iPhones Infringe Face Authentication Patents

BASF sued Apple on Thursday, accusing the iPhone maker of infringing the German chemical company’s patented face authentication technology in many iPhone and iPad models. In its complaint, BASF’s trinamiX unit said it spent the last decade developing technology to …

British Police Try to Track Down Theft of 70,000 Pints Worth of Guinness Stout

British police have a stout task ahead: recovering 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness. Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at 115,000 pounds ($155,000) were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire …

Tesla’s Rollout of Cybercab Is Marred by Regulatory Probe

Tesla Inc. rolled out the Cybercab for its robotaxi service almost two years after the driverless car was unveiled, advancing Elon Musk’s futuristic vision while drawing fresh scrutiny from U.S. auto regulators. The closed-door launch in Austin last week was …

The Great Hemp Reset: How the Federal Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Products Will Reshape Risk and Coverage

I have been writing about the insurance risks of intoxicating hemp products since 2021, when delta-8 THC gummies first started showing up in convenience stores and gas stations across the country. Back then, our message to the cannabis, hemp and …