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Artificial intelligence is changing the insurance industry, but with that innovation comes concerns about bias, data security, and transparency.In Delaware, a new bulletin from the state’s Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro lays out how insurers can use AI while complying with consumer protection laws. It also warns that AI can’t be used to sidestep existing regulations and policyholders still have the same rights.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Tom Byrne sat down with Navarro to discuss AI in insurance and what this guidance means for both insurers and policyholders.

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The Nassau School, located in the historic Black community of Belltown near Lewes, is the focus of a new oral histories project led by researchers at the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.Through the stories of former students, staff, and surrounding residents, the project aims to record and preserve the Nassau School’s legacy before desegregation efforts began; ensuring the voices of this community are heard and remembered.In this edition of History Matters, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon caught up with the Division’s Engagement and Collections Manager Meg Hutchins, and Inclusive History Researcher Brayden Moore, to learn more about the oral histories project and the Nassau School’s place in Delaware’s history.

What happens when art pushes the boundaries of form, creating something that feels both familiar and otherworldly?That’s the idea behind the ‘Strange Flesh & Other Fantasies’ exhibit at the Dover Art League featuring the work of Delaware State University assistant professor Josh Nobiling. Through intricate drawings and prints, Nobiling crafts what he calls “strange flesh” and “nothing things” – abstract, textured pieces that shift between the organic and the surreal.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Martin Matheny is joined by Nobiling for a closer look at ‘Strange Flesh & Other Fantasies.’

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Born in Arkansas in 1887, Florence Price overcame the odds to eventually become the first Black woman recognized as a symphonic composer and the first to have her compositions played by a major orchestra.This month, the all-female orchestra Her Tyme 20XX honors Price with the “Florence Price – Snapshots of My Soul” concert at the Newark United Methodist Church on Sunday, February 18th at 3pm.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel talks with Her Tyme 20XX director and conductor Rosaria Macera about the concert and Florence Price’s legacy.

Last week, clean-up of one of Delaware’s worst-polluted EPA Superfund sites got a major boost, receiving new funds from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to hasten work on the site.Contributor Jon Hurdle examines the Standard Chlorine or Metachem site that received this funding, how it will help the clean up, and the current state of Superfund sites in the First State.

Last fall, the Biden Administration announced substantial federal grants to create a series of “hydrogen hubs.”One hub funded is the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, or MACH2. It’s receiving up to $750 million to bring together governments and business interests in Delaware, Southeast Pennsylvania, and South Jersey to create a hub with the promise of creating jobs while combating climate change.The U.S. Department of Energy and MACH2 officials are currently holding listening sessions to discuss plans for this hub and get public feedback. And contributor Jon Hurdle reports on the arguments for and against MACH2 heard in these sessions.