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The U.S. will formally bring together AI developers and essential services providers to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by advanced AI systems and coordinate responses, according to a White House statement, fulfilling U.S. President Donald Trump’s order from June. Companies including Anthropic and OpenAI have released powerful AI systems capable of identifying software and infrastructure vulnerabilities at scale. U.S. officials worry that bad actors could use them to exploit weaknesses in the software systems underpinning critical services — including those of financial institutions, hospitals and energy networks — relied upon by Americans. The Trump administration set up a coordination…

Insurance industry software-as-a-service provider Duck Creek Technologies said it has acquired commercial underwriting platform Send Technology Solutions. Duck Creek said together the companies will create the “first and only agentic solution to unite core insurance operations and intelligent underwriting workflows across the policy lifecycle for multiple operating models.” Insurers will be able to connect submission intake, triage, enrichment, risk assessment, quote decisions, policy issuance, and portfolio monitoring in a more unified operating model—helping underwriters act with greater speed, consistency, and confidence for profitable growth. “Underwriting has become one of the most critical priorities for insurers as they look to improve…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. Key Takeaways Most agency scaling problems aren’t sales problems, they’re wiring problems, traced back to year-one technology decisions that don’t hold up as the book grows. A comparative rater is one capability, not a system; treating it as the whole operation forces you to re-key the same data across disconnected tools. Stitching together point tools makes you the integration – entering data once on a single connected platform replaces the daily tax of multiple logins and stale records. Automating repeatable work early and choosing a platform that grows with the…

Iran threatened on Wednesday to shut off more regional energy exports, after the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports and both sides launched more strikes as they vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The apparent threat to shipping through Bab el-Mandeb, a gateway to the Red Sea, follows an escalation between Iran and the U.S. since last week that has severely frayed a tentative truce signed in June. The war, which began with U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, triggered Iranian attacks on Gulf states that host U.S. bases and caused major disruption…

Russia and Ukraine stepped up their battle over the Black Sea and key trade routes on Wednesday, with Moscow killing three people in an attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and Kyiv’s drone forces striking Russian shipping. Odesa region Governor Oleh Kiper said that a “massive” Russian drone and missile attack on the southern region continued for a fifth day, with civilian, industrial and port infrastructure coming under attack. Three people were killed and at least three more injured after a Russian missile strike on a seven-story residential building in Odesa, Ukrainian authorities said. Read more: War Overtakes…

OpenAI said on Tuesday that it’s “not aware of any evidence” that an Apple Inc. lawsuit alleging trade-secret theft has merit. The latest remarks come four days after Apple filed the suit, which claimed that OpenAI took proprietary technology to help develop its own new family of artificial intelligence-powered devices. “While we take these allegations seriously, we’re not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,” OpenAI said in the statement. “We believe in fair competition and allowing people the freedom to work wherever they choose, and we’re focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere.” The new…

Power-hungry data centers have increased supply costs for the largest US electric grid by more than 60%, the system watchdog said. PJM Interconnection LLC, which serves 13 states and Washington, DC, said Tuesday that its auction to procure power for the year starting June 2028 tied a $16.4 billion record set in late 2025. Data centers accounted for roughly $6.3 billion of that total, said Joseph Bowring, president of Monitoring Analytics, the grid’s independent market monitor. That data-center burden on PJM ratepayers amounts to almost $30 billion when figures from three previous auctions are included, he said during an interview.…

Ransomware group World Leaks has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India’s largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details — information it labeled as coming from Reliance Group. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India’s seven nuclear plants and central to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plans to expand the country’s atomic energy capacity. Indian businessman Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group, one of the plant’s contractors, told Reuters in a statement that there had been a “partial…

This article is part of a sponsored series by Risk & Insurance Education Alliance. In response to the popularity of its self-paced format, the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance recently added another self-paced course to the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designation: Analysis of Risk. Like other CRM courses, Analysis of Risk remains available in classroom and webinar formats. Analysis of Risk takes approximately 16 hours to complete, consistent with other CRM designation courses. The self-paced format lets you decide when to study within the 120-day time frame allowed to complete the course. Analysis of Risk consists of six segments. The…

The UK has proposed rules to help encourage a potential new insurance market worth billions of pounds as part of a drive to boost competitiveness. The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority laid out plans for a captive insurance regime, according to a statement Tuesday. Captive insurers are entities set up by companies or public institutions that provide their own cover. The proposals include: A streamlined PRA/FCA authorization process with a target of 4-6 weeks; Excluding captives from Solvency UK and Consumer Duty requirements; Lower capital and reporting requirements; A flexible capital resources framework; Dedicated PRA supervisory resource;…