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Meet the Utah tech company that just closed one of the biggest funding rounds in state history
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted April 17 - 6:18 a.m.
In just over two years, Lehi-based SchoolAI has raised $32 million, driven largely by its latest funding round of $25 million.
Will Utah build the world's next AI hub? The governor's trade mission to Canada could open the door
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted April 11 - 8:06 a.m.
Mila Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute boasts a catalog of nearly 2,600 scientific articles on AI since 2018. The secret they shared with Utah? Mastering AI's borderless potential requires bringing research and commercialization into close proximity — the tighter the better.
Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on federal workers, sources say
Alexandra Ulmer, Marisa Taylor, Jeffrey Dastin and Alexandra Alper, Reuters | Posted April 9 - 6:53 a.m.
Trump administration officials have told some government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency's communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda.
If AI doesn't kill your company, it will make it stronger, study shows
Francesco Canepa, Reuters | Posted April 1 - 2:39 p.m.
If a company can survive the upheaval caused by the adoption of artificial intelligence, AI will help it thrive in the longer run, a study presented at a European Central Bank conference has found.
Meet the Utah startup stepping up to help companies navigate 'trade war landscape' through AI
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted March 30 - 10:48 a.m.
Utah-based startup Tarifflo offers an AI-powered platform that automates international trade documentation, outperforming traditional and competing software solutions.
Musk's xAI buys Musk's X social media platform for $33B
Greg Bensinger, Krystal Hu-in, Tatiana Bautzer, Seher Dareen, Jaspreet Singh, and Juby Babu, Reuters | Posted March 28 - 10:02 p.m.
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired Musk's X, the social media outfit formerly known as Twitter for $33 billion, marking the latest twist in the billionaire's rapid consolidation of power.
Trump administration directs spy satellite agencies to surveil US-Mexico border
Marisa Taylor and Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters | Posted March 27 - 2:33 p.m.
The Trump administration has directed two intelligence agencies to train their satellite surveillance capabilities on the U.S.-Mexico border region as part of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration and drug cartels.
Utah lawmakers bolster AI consumer protection laws
Matt Gephardt, KSL-TV | Posted March 20 - 7:36 p.m.
Utah, like many states, is trying to navigate the explosion of artificial intelligence into our daily lives. As part of that, consumers have new protections for when they encounter AI.
State Board of Education, Qualtrics partnering to transform K-12 education
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted March 19 - 9:05 p.m.
Here's what the Utah State Board of Education and tech giant Qualtrics are doing to transform K-12 education.
Qualtrics unveils 'experience agents' ahead of X4 summit in Salt Lake City
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted March 18 - 7:36 p.m.
Qualtrics on Monday unveiled "experience agents" — highly specialized AI agents that autonomously interact directly with customers and employees to understand the human experience.
Appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator
Blake Brittain, Reuters | Posted March 18 - 4:33 p.m.
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law.
Apple plans $500B in US investment, 20,000 research jobs in next 4 years
Stephen Nellis, Reuters | Posted Feb. 24 - 7:26 a.m.
Apple said on Monday it would spend $500 billion in U.S. investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country in that time.
Elon Musk's xAI updates Grok chatbot, claims it outperforms rivals
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 19 - 10:02 p.m.
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI announced an update to its artificial intelligence chatbot Tuesday along with claims that tests in key computing areas reflect the beta version of Grok3 is already outperforming competitors in key areas.
Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press | Posted Feb. 19 - 5:31 p.m.
Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology.
AI 'hallucinations' in court papers spell trouble for lawyers
Sara Merken, Reuters | Posted Feb. 18 - 9:37 p.m.
U.S. personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired.
University of Utah appoints its first-ever 'AI czar'
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 14 - 4:35 p.m.
Manish Parashar — the University of Utah's director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute and presidential professor in the Kalhert School of Computing — will serve as the university's first-ever "AI czar."
Here's what Sam Altman said about Elon Musk's bid to take over OpenAI
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted Feb. 11 - 9:32 p.m.
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was quick with a quippy shutdown to Elon Musk's unsolicited bid Monday to buy the company behind ChatGPT for $97.4 billion.
Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify
Kenrick Cai, Reuters | Posted Feb. 7 - 6:52 a.m.
Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced updates to its Gemini family of large language models, including a new product line with competitive pricing to low-cost artificial intelligence models like that of Chinese rival DeepSeek.
DeepSeek hit by cyberattack as users flock to Chinese AI startup
Reuters | Posted Jan. 27 - 10:48 a.m.
Chinese startup DeepSeek said on Monday it will temporarily limit registrations due to a cyberattack after the company's AI assistant amassed sudden popularity.
Don't let AI 'rip off' artists, Beatles star McCartney warns UK government
Reuters | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:50 a.m.
Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to "rip off" artists, urging the British government to make sure upcoming copyright reforms protect its creative industries.
Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence 'free from ideological bias'
Matt O'Brien and Sarah Parvini, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 24 - 7:45 a.m.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says "act as barriers to American AI innovation."
Trump announces private-sector $500B investment in AI infrastructure
Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted Jan. 21 - 6:03 p.m.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, aiming to outpace rival nations in the business-critical technology.
Teen hackers: How AI is changing the nature of hacking and other fraudulent activities
Matt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL-TV | Posted Jan. 18 - 1:36 p.m.
Artificial intelligence is tearing down that old stereotype of a hacker as a mysteriously hooded, anti-social computer genius in a dark room.
Biden signs executive order to ensure power for AI data centers
David Shepardson, Reuters | Posted Jan. 15 - 12:53 p.m.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said.
