AI's next obstacle: insurance; mortgage rates hold at 7.4%

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere's one for your wallet: the Wall Street Journal reports that AI companies are running into an insurance problem, because a safety incident could mean multibillion-dollar liabilities.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the people who insure hurricanes and house fires are looking at this technology and saying no thanks. I find that wonderfully reassuring.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe report says other businesses are exposed too, if they just use the stuff.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat could be the company that runs your bank chat or your pizza order.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYour pizza, uninsured.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd if the cover costs more, somebody has to pay for it, and that somebody is usually the guy buying the subscription. Meanwhile, the average long-term mortgage rate held at seven point four percent, the highest in nearly three years, according to the Associated Press.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the bank won't budge and the insurer won't touch it. Everyone's nervous except the customer, who's been told to sign here.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn a typical home loan, that rate means a monthly payment that eats a lot of your paycheck before you buy a single burrito.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight, the edge of the solar system, the border and Infantino's patience are all in my notebook now.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe edge of that notebook is the one I'm worried about. Brock, is the sky at least insured?