Denied in seconds: How to beat insurance AI at its own ruthless game

🧠 AI vs AI: The insurance war you didn’t know you were in

Artificial Intelligence is rejecting healthcare claims at record speeds. Meet the app flipping the script.

Artificial intelligence has officially entered the healthcare battlefield, and insurance companies are using it to instantly reject claims, with no human in sight. It's fast, ruthless, and largely invisible. As discontent with insurance's overlarge role in our lives continues to grow, patients are being forced to explore ways to fight back.

One emerging approach is to fight fire with fire. Enter Counterforce Health, a new app that arms you with your own AI advocate that, the makers claim, has achieved an over 70% increase in approvals.

Turns out the old adage about lawyers might now apply to AI: Everyone hates the bots until one's fighting on their side.

Erik Barnes explains how the AI counteroffensive is gaining momentum.

🦈 How a photobombing shark became one student's unforgettable crush

It sounds like a horror movie, but turned out to be a love story with teeth.

Off the coast of Halifax, a marine biology team from Dalhousie University got a surprise guest: a 15-foot great white shark that lifted its head out of the water to say hello. Most of us would immediately book it inland. These students? They grabbed their gear and dove in.

In this story by Mark Wales, we meet Geraldine Fernandez, a student who now describes the encounter as the moment she “fell in love” with the shark. She even got the money shot, a jaw-dropping photo of the shark breaching the surface.

And what did we learn?

Yesterday’s poll asked which ancient rite of passage you miss most? The good people at the automakers might want to sit up and take note!

• Surviving a molten metal slide in July (10.0%)

• Drinking hose water that tasted like pennies (27.5%)

• Riding in the “way back” of a station wagon, unbuckled (56.3%)

• Getting the landline slammed down mid-call by someone’s parent (6.3%)

🕺 Your body might be the reason you’re not making friends at parties

We’ve got five weirdly effective body language tricks that say “I’m fun, not frightening”

Ever feel like you're giving “please talk to me” energy, but still leave events as solo as you arrived? Turns out your drink-holding stance and foot angle might be the culprits.

In this piece by Erik Barnes, psychologists break down five small tweaks, from “croissant feet” to smiling like a human, not a horror movie villain, that signal approachability in crowded social settings. No awkward icebreakers needed. Just vibes, posture, and a smile you actually mean.

💬From the group text…

You know the Cha Cha Slide, but… the Agua Slide? Mind blown.