New York Governor Kathy Hochul imposed the first statewide moratorium on large new data centers, pausing discretionary environmental permits for facilities requiring 50 megawatts or more for up to a y…
Since 2022, bills declaring AI systems non-conscious or banning legal personhood for AI have been introduced in twelve US states, with four already passed in Idaho, North Dakota, Utah, and Tennessee, …
Researchers introduced HALE, a framework that combines agent-based modeling with large language models to predict human decision-making in real-time, demonstrated by simulating COVID-19 in Salt Lake C…
Utah launched the nation's first AI-powered prescription refill program in January, partnering with startup Doctronic to let a chatbot renew about 190 chronic medications, as states move to license AI…
Utah launched a prescription refill program using an AI chatbot called Doctronic, allowing residents to get refills without seeing a doctor. The program has sparked debate among doctors and experts ab…
Prosecutors in Utah presented previously unseen video footage during a preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley Univ…
Utah became the first US state to allow an AI chatbot, Doctronic, to renew prescriptions without a doctor through a regulatory sandbox that waives licensing laws. The state's medical licensing board, …
Several US states are considering or have passed bills banning legal personhood for AI systems and declaring AI cannot be conscious, driven by religious beliefs, accountability concerns, and child saf…
AI-powered surveillance systems from companies like Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Veritone are being deployed in U.S. police departments, enabling real-time facial recognition, automated license plate…
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is leading a campaign against AI datacenters, which she compares to the Hinkley groundwater contamination case. She has received thousands of emails from concern…
The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's AI system Fable, citing national security concerns over jailbreak vulnerabilities, leading Anthropic to de-deploy the model. The move si…
A new survey finds 82% of small business employers have invested in AI tools, with 93% planning further investment, as Utah entrepreneurs leverage AI to overcome time constraints and compete globally.…
Healthcare AI has moved from pilot projects into operational use across scheduling, drug dispensing, patient communications and diagnostic decision-making, pulling nonclinical financial actors such as…
Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary plans to build a 40,000-acre natural-gas-powered data center in Box Elder County, Utah, to meet AI compute demand, but faces fierce local opposition, a lawsuit, and alleg…
Amazon.com Inc. disclosed that its data centers consumed 2.5 billion gallons of water globally last year, roughly 5% of metro Seattle's annual usage. The world's largest cloud-computing company said t…
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, an incremental improvement over Opus 4.7, as the Trump administration's Executive Order on AI returned, establishing a prior restraint framework for frontier model …
Celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary said he is "not walking away" from his proposed AI data center in Utah after a state lawmaker demanded the project be reduced by 75%. Utah Senate President J. Stuart A…
Utah Governor Spencer Cox issued an executive order Friday establishing stricter rules for large-scale data center development, directly responding to community backlash over Kevin O'Leary's proposed …
Utah has ordered VPN providers to block access to pornographic websites, blaming the services for enabling users to circumvent the state's age-verification law. The directive, issued by the Utah Attor…
Utah health officials released the first pilot review of an AI-powered prescription refill system, evaluating its safety and efficiency in automating medication renewals. The report found the technolo…