Three GOP senators break with leaders over addressing insurance companies’ denial of medical care

Three Republican senators broke from the rest of the Senate GOP conference Wednesday night to vote in support of an amendment sponsored by Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to address insurance companies that delay or deny essential medical care. Vulnerable Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined conservative Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in voting……

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Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

In what marks the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teens died by suicide or caused harm to themselves after interacting with Character.AI’s chatbot companions. The parties have agreed in principle to a settlement; Now comes the difficult task of finalizing the…

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