Financial Times:
Major insurers have recently sought permission from US regulators to offer policies excluding liabilities tied to businesses deploying AI chatbots and agents  —  AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News:
Flexion, which is building a full autonomy stack for humanoid robots, raised a $50M Series A from DST Global Partners, NVentures, and others, after a $7M+ seed  —  Flexion, a startup that's “building the brain for humanoid and human-capable robots,” has raised $50 million in funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

Forbes:
Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B+ in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a “victim of misconduct”  —  Forbes raised questions about the massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster announced as a done deal in January.

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Science-centric streamer CuriosityStream's Q3 revenue rose 46% YoY to $18.4M, driven by IP licensing deals for AI training that generated $23.4M through Sept.  —  We all know streaming services' usual tricks for making more money: get more subscribers, charge those subscribers more money, and sell ads.

Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative”  —  - Plaintiffs allege Meta hid product risks from users and authorities  — Meta accused of ineffective youth safety features …