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Law Firms Have Malpractice Insurance. Should Their A.I. Agents?

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Crosby, an A.I. law firm, bought it for them. The move speaks to a nascent gap in coverage as major insurers grapple with risks related to artificial intelligence.

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  • What to watch: Lenders get judged on what goes bad: credit losses and reserve builds are the lines to watch.
  • Timing: It landed over the weekend, so Monday's session is the first that could react.

The bigger picture

Banks and lenders live on the spread — what they earn on loans versus what they pay for deposits — and get judged on how many of those loans sour and how much capital regulators make them hold. With no company named, any effect tends to surface first in the indexes, Treasury yields and the dollar, which the Markets page tracks live.

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